On March 1, DeepSeek published a technical article titled Overview of the DeepSeek-V3/R1 Inference System, unveiling key details of its model inference system optimizations and disclosing critical cost and profit margin information for the first time. This marks the official conclusion of the globally watched “DeepSeek Open Source Week.”
The article also provided an unprecedented look into DeepSeek’s operational costs and profitability. “Assuming a GPU rental cost of $2 per hour, the total daily cost amounts to $87,072. … If all tokens were billed at DeepSeek R1’s pricing, the theoretical total daily revenue would be $562,027, resulting in a cost-profit margin of 545%.”
Deepseek published a technical article on Zhihu
