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SambaNova SN40L

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Reconfigurable dataflow units with three-tier memory for serving many models per node.

Current version

SN40L

Entry cost

Free tier, then usage-based

Changes / 30d

0

Capabilities

  • three-tier memory
  • many models per node
  • fast open-model serving

Pricing

  • Free

    Free

  • Developer

    per M tokens

    $0.1

Entry price over time

Not enough pricing history yet — we start charting from the second observation.

Geek mode

Models under the hood

  • Llama / DeepSeek open weights

    open weights

    disclosed

  • RDU dataflow

    SambaNova

    disclosed

Context window

—

Public API

yes

Multi-model routing

yes

Stack signals

  • reconfigurable dataflow
  • HBM + DDR tiering
  • OpenAI-compatible

Shared model stack

Other tracked products running on the same foundation models — a quick read on how much of the catalog moves when one of these models changes.

green disclosed · amber inferred · grey unknown

Reported scale

Reference data. Each figure is whatever the source actually said — weekly users, downloads, revenue run-rate — with its own definition and date. These are not comparable between tools and are never used to rank anything.

No public usage figure on record for this product.

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Change history

  • model

    DeepSeek open weights added to SambaNova Cloud

    —DeepSeek

    source