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

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

> Pick a Mac mini, Mac Studio, DGX Spark or Strix Halo box, see which open models fit and how fast they run, and how much usage it takes to break even against paying an API. It is willing to say: it doesn't. The break-even Copy link Download card Post on X How you’d use it Mostly for Tokens a day Context window you want Custom input to output ratio Assumptions you can change Electricity, $/kWh API speed, tok/s Your mea...

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- **来源**：Hacker News：AI 热帖
- **分类**：ai-products
- **发布时间**：2026-09-15 09:37（北京时间）
- **原文**：[打开原文](https://sunkcost.ai/)