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ByJulian Calvo, Ed.D.Founder, DecipherU

What is Tokens Per Second in Applied AI?

Inference & ServingTPS
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Version 1.0 · Published April 2026 · Last verified April 2026

The standard throughput metric for language-model serving: how many output tokens the system generates per second. TPS depends on the model size, the hardware, the batch size, the context length, and the serving framework. Cost per million tokens is the dual metric on the billing side.

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Every AI product cost model is built on TPS. AI engineering interviews test how to estimate and improve it.

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The standard throughput metric for language-model serving: how many output tokens the system generates per second. TPS depends on the model size, the hardware, the batch size, the context length, and the serving framework. Cost per million tokens is the dual metric on the billing side.

Every AI product cost model is built on TPS. AI engineering interviews test how to estimate and improve it.

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