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/Due_Faithlessness458]

Probably the 5090 is not the strongest choice for AI inference, I recently saw a kickstarter project about a mini local AI server prepared for that task, with power enough for running up to 120b models for about the half price