Yuchen Jin (@Yuchenj_UW) · 10/21/2026, 01:05:36
DeepSeek Reveals Single Cluster Serves 155 Trillion Tokens Daily at $38/GPU-Hour Revenue
DeepSeek disclosed operational metrics for its inference engine, DeepInfer, revealing a single cluster serves 155 trillion tokens daily with $38 revenue per GPU-hour during off-peak times. Assuming B300 rental costs, this implies an ~82% gross margin, while the engine supports both NVIDIA Blackwell and Huawei Ascend hardware.
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Yuchen Jin (@Yuchenj_UW) · 2026-10-20 17
“A single cluster currently serves 155 trillion tokens/day, generating $38 in revenue per GPU-hour (at off-peak pricing).”
Huge flex from DeepSeek. Not only did they open-source their inference engine, but they also open-sourced their revenue numbers.
They didn't disclose which GPUs they're using here, but DeepInfer supports both NVIDIA Blackwell and Huawei Ascend.
Even assuming they're renting B300s at $7 per GPU-hour, that's ~82% gross margin.
