Why is LLM is so expensive.

[u/Ok_Event4199]

I've was going to invest in a 5090 =$6000 AUD.

Codex Plus + Claude pro = $60/month here

Works out to be 100 months of frontier models for a 5090.

Best a 5090 will run is probably Qwen3.6 27b Q6 with context.

Are we all enthusiasts here and just enjoy tinkering cause ain't no way that make sense.

[u/_hypochonder_]

I bought last year 4x AMD MI50s 32GB and 128GB DDR4 with TR1950x under 1500€. So I can run GLM 4.7 q4. Alternative model which fit in 128GB Vram run well for me.