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I published a 284x cost spread on one GPU. Re-ran it properly and it's 137x. Also found eager-mode numbers don't reproduce across machines.

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Two weeks ago I posted that one model on one L4 showed a 284x range in cost per inference depending only on flags. I rebuilt the measurement this week and the honest number is 137x. Writing up what changed, because the reason it changed is more interesting than the number. WHAT I FIXED Prefix cachi…

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  1. 2026-09-02 07:59 · r/LocalLLM
    I published a 284x cost spread on one GPU. Re-ran it properly and it's 137x. Also found eager-mode numbers don't reproduce across machines.

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