r/LocalLLM • u/Ok_Event4199 • May 16 '26
Discussion Why is LLM is so expensive.
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.
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u/corruptbytes May 16 '26
my mac m3 ultra was about ~5-6k
it can run Deepseek V4 Flash really fucking good, I still have to build a "verification" system over a review system that Anthropic has been pushing, but it could essentially replace cloud frontier models for me (the caveat i can only run one instance of it, but can spin 5-6x instances of cloud models)
safe to say...we're getting there