Reports / 2026-10-18
The compute market on Oct 18
The Index closed at 133.9, +0.5% on the previous close. 2 detected repricings, all increases. 2,045 observations across 12 providers and 20 parts.
Index close
133.9
Repricings
2 (0↓ 2↑)
Widest spread
5.9×
NVIDIA H100 SXM
Median spot discount
49%
19 parts
Known price events
- Date TBA — DeepSeek has pre-announced an API price increase. Their own docs flag a significant increase without naming a date. We hold the before/after and will timestamp it when it lands. source (verified 2026-08-11)
What repriced
| NVIDIA A100 40GB SXM · datacrunch | $1.49 → $1.50 | +1.0% | |
| NVIDIA H100 SXM · datacrunch | $4.25 → $4.30 | +1.0% |
Biggest median moves
Every figure above is recomputed from that day’s recorded observations — nothing here is written by a model or taken from a news feed. Scheduled events are hand-verified against the company’s own page, with the date checked. Methodology.