Sources
Grade A = primary official. Grade B = authoritative third party. ESTIMATE labels appear in tools when a figure is not externally sourced.
DigitalOcean GPU Droplets pricing page
DigitalOcean — Public list prices for GPU Droplets. Affiliate terms are separate (CJ).
RunPod GPU cloud pricing
RunPod — Public on-demand / community indicative rates. Spot prices fluctuate.
NVIDIA A100 Tensor Core GPU datasheet
NVIDIA — VRAM capacity and architecture facts only; no invented throughput.
NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPU
NVIDIA — Official product page for H100 memory configuration.
GeForce RTX 4090 specifications
NVIDIA — Consumer GPU VRAM; cloud availability varies by provider.
Llama 3 model card (70B parameter count)
Meta — Parameter count used for VRAM math; activation/KV overhead separately labeled ESTIMATE.
Mistral 7B model card
Mistral AI — 7B parameter count for VRAM calculator presets.
EIA average retail price of electricity (US)
U.S. Energy Information Administration — Default $/kWh for on-prem TCO is an editable input; seed default is labeled ESTIMATE anchored to US commercial ballpark.
DigitalOcean affiliate program (via CJ)
DigitalOcean — Commission terms: typically 10% of referred spend for 12 months (see BP research AFF-DO).
RunPod referral / partner program
RunPod — Credits vs cash tiers documented in BP research; links may be placeholders until account approval.