February 12, 2026

AI inference costs dropped up to 10x on Nvidia's Blackwell — but hardware is only half the equation

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Lowering the cost of inference is typically a combination of hardware and software. A new analysis released Thursday by Nvidia details how four leading inference providers are reporting 4x to 10x reductions in cost per token.The dramatic cost reducti...