Sunk Cost

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02:48

2026-09-15

runtimewire.com

ai-infrastructure

Sunk Cost says a $3,499 local AI Mac needs 44 years to break even

A calculator built by Sunk Cost estimates that a $3,499 Apple M5 Max Mac Studio with 64 GB of unified memory running Alibaba's quantized Qwen3.8 27B model would need 44 years to break even against hos…

01:37

2026-09-15

sunkcost.ai

large-language-models

Show HN: Sunk Cost – How long until a local LLM rig pays for itself?

A Show HN project called Sunk Cost calculates how long it takes for a local large language model rig to pay for itself versus using API access. The tool estimates local inference speed as memory bandw…

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