AI inference costs dropped up to 10x on Nvidia's Blackwell — but hardware is only half the equation

VentureBeat · 2026-02-12
AI inference costs dropped up to 10x on Nvidia's Blackwell — but hardware is only half the equation

Lowering the cost of inference is typically a combination of hardware and software. A new analysis released Thursday by Nvidia details how four leading inference providers are reporting 4x to 10x reductions in cost per token.The dramatic cost reductions were achieved using Nvidia's Blackwell pl