How FakeGPU works

The builds

Each build is a list of real products by maker and part number, chosen to make a complete machine: a desk workstation, an 8-GPU server, a rack, or a room of racks.

The prices

Each part shows the price a named seller lists publicly, in US dollars before tax and shipping, the date it was checked and a link to the page. A price older than 120 days is not counted. When a part is not priced, the page says so and the total counts only the parts that are, marked with a +.

A build's reference value is the sum of its parts' prices. It is what the parts cost, not an offer: FakeGPU sells nothing.

The numbers

GPU memory, compute and power add up the makers' own figures. Power is every part at its maximum rated power, before cooling and power losses. The largest model that fits is memory arithmetic: 2 bytes per parameter at 16-bit, half a byte at 4-bit, keeping a fifth of the memory for the context cache. It says what fits, not how fast it runs.

The checkout

Checkout always comes to $0.00. It asks for nothing: no card, no address, no name. The receipt lives in its own link, in your browser; FakeGPU keeps no record of it.

The real thing

To use these GPUs for real, rent them by the hour from cloud providers. GlobeGPU compares what each provider charges.