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> One output token with a million input tokens is incredibly cheap for providers Source? Afaik this is incorrect.
by danenania 1y ago
> One output token with a million input tokens is incredibly cheap for providers
Source? Afaik this is incorrect.
- danielbln 1y agoChevk out any LLM API providers pricing. Output tokens are always significantly more expensive than input (which can also be cached).
- danenania 1y agoInput tokens usually dominate output tokens by a lot more than 2x though. It’s often 10x or more input. It can even easily be 100x or more. Again in realistic workflows. Caching does help the situation, but you always at least pay the initial cache write. And prompts need to be structured carefully to be cacheable. It’s not a free lunch.