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Goodput

Useful work delivered per unit time after subtracting failed, restarted or stale work; the metric that actually matters.

Current numbers

90% vs 96% scenariotraining-goodput sensitivity scenario: 90% vs 96% (illustrative — replace with the named fleet's measured goodput)as of 2026-09-08 · register ↗
6–21%ClusterMAX April 2026 large-pretraining model: rounded goodput-expense range across provider profilesas of 2026-04-20 model; August 2025 pricing basis · register ↗
6.14 / 10.53 / 20.91%ClusterMAX April 2026 large-pretraining scenario: gold / hyperscaler / silver goodput expenseas of 2026-04-20 model; August 2025 pricing basis · register ↗

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