#Cost — Kunal Ganglani

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Local LLM Break-Even Math: Power, Idle, Depreciation

Most “GPU price ÷ tokens” break-even math is wrong. Here’s a spreadsheetable local LLM total-cost model that includes idle power, utilization, depreciation, failures, and opportunity cost.

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