逃离AI token账单,苹果开价2万美元
苹果开售一台售价2万美元、只需一个墙上插座就能跑万亿参数模型的机器;同一周,谷歌开放899美元Googlebook预订,英特尔则准备年内第三次上调CPU价格。设备行业卖的是逃离AI按量计费的出口,而那台计价器——英伟达单季890亿美元的数据中心收入——至今纹丝未动。
Vincent Jiang · 3 min read
一个插座,跑万亿参数模型
周二开售的Mac Studio,就是为把AI留在桌面上而生。M5 Ultra芯片最高内置512GB统一内存,雷雳5(Thunderbolt 5)接口配合RDMA还能把多台机器连成一个集群,做分布式AI推理时性能最高可达单机的3倍1。
发布会上,苹果用四台Mac Studio运行同一个万亿参数模型,由模型找出并修复了一个图形代码bug,供电只接一个墙上插座2。配置拉满后,这套机器的价格逼近2万美元2。苹果硬件负责人约翰尼·斯鲁吉把这笔账挑明:“机器一旦摆上桌面,钱就已经付清了”2。
要躲开的这张账单,是英伟达的
买家从此不再支付的,是token计价器上的账单,而这台计价器体量惊人。英伟达最近一个财季(截至2026年7月26日)实现收入962亿美元,其中数据中心业务贡献890亿美元,约占销售额的92.5%3。八个季度之前,公司整体单季收入还只有351亿美元4。token账单本身流向OpenAI、Anthropic这样的实验室和云厂商;英伟达卖给他们的是芯片,因此侵蚀即便到来,也会先表现为数据中心扩建放缓,而不是英伟达开出的发票变薄23。
八个季度,英伟达季度营收接近增至三倍
Data
| 营收 | |
|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | $35.08B |
| 2024Q4 | $39.33B |
| 2025Q1 | $44.06B |
| 2025Q2 | $46.74B |
| 2025Q3 | $57.01B |
| 2025Q4 | $68.13B |
| 2026Q1 | $81.62B |
| 2026Q2 | $96.22B |
每个出口,都挂着计价器
复杂之处在于:卖“出口”的人,几乎人人都自设了一台计价器。谷歌899美元的Googlebook已于9月21日开启预订,由宏碁、华硕、戴尔、惠普和联想制造,搭载英特尔或高通的芯片5。这款机器是通往Gemini的前门,而Gemini跑在谷歌云上;戴尔搭载骁龙X Elite的旗舰版卖到1199美元56。苹果则用699美元的MacBook Neo,从同一架梯子的最底端起步5。
桌面“出口”的价梯,从699美元搭到近2万美元
- Estimate
Data
| Value | |
|---|---|
| MacBook Neo | $699 |
| Googlebook | $899 |
| 戴尔Googlebook(骁龙X Elite) | $1,199 |
| Mac Studio M5 Ultra(基础款) | $5,499 |
| Mac Studio(顶配) (estimate) | approach $20,000 |
计价器其实早就挂上了。苹果新Mac出厂即对Siri AI等服务器端功能设置每日用量上限,并承诺“未来付费”可扩大额度1。5499美元的M5 Ultra版Studio也可以改为以租代购,每月110.10美元起1。需求本身也已长成订阅的模样:Meta的Muse智能体上线头13天下载量突破250万,下载免费,想真正用起来,每月要付20美元或100美元79。
英特尔把智能体热潮算进CPU价格
设备之下是处理器,而处理器正在涨价。英特尔据报将把CPU价格上调10%,为2026年内第三次提价;此前,CFO戴维·津斯纳把客户端业务收入13%的增长归因于涨价,而非出货量增加8。CEO陈立武把CPU需求与智能体挂钩后,英特尔股价五天内上涨25%9。华尔街对服务器CPU市场的预估,目前已最高看到2030年的2200亿美元,而当下约为300亿美元8。
整栋大楼仍归Windows所有
据路透社援引的IDC数据,苹果在企业台式机和笔记本电脑中的份额为4.6%,Windows为91.3%2。市场的第一反应是耸肩:周二英伟达股价上涨0.7%3。超大规模模型训练仍离不开GPU集群,目前也没有任何数据显示推理真的在迁向桌面。
盯住token,别盯机箱
看点有二:这些机器陆续上市后,英伟达数据中心增速是否拐头;英特尔的第三次提价能否站稳。设备是真的。计价器还在跳字。
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01Gathered & sourced368 channels · 1,177 articles▾
Agents swept 368 channels and ingested 1,177 articles, then de-duplicated and ranked them for signal.
02Verified & cross-validated9 claims · 37 data feeds▾
Every one of 9 load-bearing claims was checked against primary sources, with 37 live data feeds reconciling the figures and charts.
- 1Apple Newsroom, "The new Mac mini and Mac Studio are available today," 22 September 2026
- 2Samaa TV, "Apple targets AI costs with new Macs as competition with Microsoft, Nvidia grows" (Reuters report), 22 September 2026
- 3GuruFocus via Yahoo Finance, "Nvidia Gains as Apple Pulls AI Off the Meter," 22 September 2026
- 4Sharadar quarterly fundamentals from Nvidia's SEC filings, retrieved 22 September 2026
- 5Reuters via MSN, "Google opens pre-orders for $899 Googlebook laptops built around Gemini AI," 21 September 2026
- 6GuruFocus via Yahoo Finance, "Qualcomm Slips as Googlebook Opens a New PC Lane," 22 September 2026
- 7CNBC, "Meta's Muse AI agent downloads are surging. Here's how it compares to ChatGPT, Grok and Claude," 21 September 2026
- 8Tom's Hardware via Yahoo Finance, "Intel reportedly set to hike CPU prices by 10% ahead of 'major annual product' launch in March 2027," 8 September 2026
- 9Yahoo Finance, "Intel stock up 25% in last 5 days on CPU demand as AI agents gain traction," 22 September 2026
03Reviewed & edited2 human editors▾
2 editors read the draft against the evidence, tuned the framing, and signed off before it shipped.
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