Cloud GPU vs Arc Pro: How Fast Does a Local AI Card Pay for Itself?

Renting cloud GPUs or paying per token? Enter what you spend in a typical month and see how quickly a one-off Arc Pro card pays for itself. Simple arithmetic, shown in full: card price divided by your monthly spend. No tricks.

Assumes your workload fits the card's VRAM (see model classes on each card). Add your own electricity cost; a B60 under inference load draws in the region of a desktop gaming PC. Savings figure is 3 years of your stated spend minus the card price.

Questions about whether your models fit? Email alex@destellotech.com and you will get the founder, not a ticket queue.

Ready to stop renting?

We stock the cards this calculator prices, in the UK, with warranty handled by an actual builder. The Arc Pro B60 Dual gives you 48GB of VRAM on one card, and we check your motherboard supports it before you buy.

See the B60 Dual 48GBTrade supply for consultancies

Want your numbers sanity checked? Email alex@destellotech.com with your workload and you will get a straight answer from the person who builds these machines.

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Alex Overend is the founder of Destello Tech, a custom PC building company based in Harlow, Essex. Every build is hand-assembled, stress tested, and shipped with a full warranty.