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GPU prices are 'Per GPU, per hour. vCPU and RAM included.' across four priority tiers (High, Medium, Low, Lowest), e.g. RTX 4090 24 GB '$0.330' High to '$0.160' Lowest; RTX 5090 32 GB '$0.500' High to '$0.250' Lowest. High: 'Never preempted by other workloads.' Medium and Low: 'May be preempted by higher-priority groups.' 'Lowest is the lowest cost and the most interruptible.' CPU-only: 'Billed at $0.005 per vCPU-hour and $0.001 per GB of RAM per hour.' (1 vCPU / 1 GB '$0.006' per hr). Volume discounts 'for deployments above 100 GPUs, long-running jobs, and committed contracts' (sales); Salad Dedicated RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell 'quoted per allocation and term'. 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