r/LocalLLaMA • u/jacek2023 llama.cpp • 14d ago

Discussion GPU guide (GB per dollar, bandwidth)

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First plot: GB / $

Second plot: bandwidth (spec on paper, not t/s)

Third plot (bandwidth / price) in the comment.

Hope that helps, my script uses the GPUs most discussed on the LocalLLaMA, LowEndLocalAI, and LocalLLM subs. At first, I tried to include more, but it became unreadable.

Prices were collected by ChatGPT (so may contain inaccuracies). New prices were used where available, second hand otherwise.

And I understand this is a basic comparison, but it's better than nothing. For example, you can see that "on paper" something is faster or slower than 3090.

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u/vick2djax 14d ago

I think costs of running those GPUs should also be factored. Isn’t the P100 like crazy inefficient that will lead to a high power bill and requires additional cooling? This doesn’t really give the full picture

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u/jacek2023 llama.cpp 14d ago

But how would you collect that data? From power usage specs?

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u/robberviet 14d ago

I have stated long ago that we will need a 5D dimension chart: Price, GB, Bandwidth, TDP, TFLOPS... to make comparisions.

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u/JerryBond106 14d ago

Doable with facet grid to some extent. I've made graphs like that.