Why Cost Per Token Is the Only Metric You Need for AI TCO

Today, AI data centers are token factories.  AI infrastructure TCO is often judged by compute cost and FLOPS per $. But these are just inputs, where cost per token is what is actually delivered.  Consider the same NVIDIA Blackwell to Hopper generational gains measured three ways: • FLOPS per dollar: ~2x improvement • Cost per million tokens: ~35x lower • Tokens per second per megawatt: ~50x higher Traditional metrics such as FLOPs per dollar miss the value. Cost per token captures end-to-end performance across GPUs, CPUs, networking, software, and ecosystem making it the key driver of real profitability and scalability in AI. NVIDIA delivers the lowest cost per token and highest performance per watt, maximizing AI factory revenue. Watch the full video featuring Dr. Gerro Prinsloo, Nader Khalil (NVIDIA), and Carter Abdallah (NVIDIA) to learn more. https://www.linkedin.com/in/gerro-prinsloo-887a8b55/ https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/lowest-token-cost-ai-factories/