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Model training is a one-time investment, whereas inference is a continuous cost incurred with every user interaction.
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UnverifiedIn the cost structure of large model companies, training costs occur before the model is released and are a one-time but enormous computing investment; inference costs, by contrast, occur continuously with user call volume, and the more users there are and the more frequent the calls, the greater the expenditure.80% similarUnverifiedTraining cost figures from a single case are highly dependent on the specific task, data scale, and base model, and should not be simply extrapolated to all scenarios.75% similarVerifiedInference costs are continuously rising relative to training costs, because training is a one-time cost while inference is executed repeatedly.74% similarUnverifiedInference is the ongoing operational cost of LLMs, where every user request and generated token consumes GPU compute and electricity, whereas training is a one-time investment.73% similar
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