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1. pookieinc · 1790100388 · focus · HN ↗

   I don't see how anyone can be using Claude with prices like this, it's pretty incredible what the OpenAI team is doing, w.r.t model quality and pricing.

     Prices per 1M tokens     Claude Opus 5.5    Claude Opus 5
      Cache reads              $0.20              $0.50
      Input tokens             $4                 $5
      Output tokens            $20                $25
      Cache writes             $5                 $6.25
   
   
   

   Model

   Input

   Output

   Price reduction

   GPT‑6 Sol vs. GPT‑5.6 Sol

   $4 → $2

   $20 → $10

   50% cheaper

   GPT‑6 Luna vs. GPT‑5.6 Luna

   $0.20 → $0.10

   $1.20 → $0.50

   50% cheaper

   1. an0malous · 1790101437 · focus · HN ↗

      These are the pre rug pull prices. They'll increase prices 10x and nerf the models after they IPO.

      1. selectodude · 1790102239 · focus · HN ↗

         Okay? I didn’t sign a 10 year contract. We’re month to month and I use my own harness.

         If they’re subsidizing my usage, that’s great.

         1. infinitezest · 1790103069 · focus · HN ↗

            You're building your livelihood/workflows on a set of inputs that you have no idea what they actually cost or how reliable they'll be when the VC cash stops flowing. If you're OK with that, do your thing but it seems a little foolish to me.

            1. derac · 1790107362 · focus · HN ↗

               If the market crashes they will be much cheaper to run actually, no? Hardware would flood the market.

               1. ssl-3 · 1790112843 · focus · HN ↗

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               2. foepys · 1790141007 · focus · HN ↗

                  I wouldn't bet on hardware flooding the market. I bet the machines running in the data centers don't use traditional PCIe connectors and cards. Maybe somebody could pull the chips and put them on standardized PCIe cards, but that is not a given.

                  1. Leynos · 1790155172 · focus · HN ↗

                     It happens already. These are plenty of cheap V100s on eBay, and PCIE to SXM2 adapters

                     External example: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;ebay.io&#x2F;m&#x2F;lV8UsD" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;ebay.io&#x2F;m&#x2F;lV8UsD

                     Internal example: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;ebay.io&#x2F;m&#x2F;z1ygRU" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;ebay.io&#x2F;m&#x2F;z1ygRU

                     V100s are three generations behind current and missing many of the features that modern inference benefits from, but they are the cheapest way to get a 32GB gpu.

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