Cerebras CS-3 — rack cost teardown
Full BOM cost anatomy for the Cerebras CS-3 (Cerebras): every line priced at the current component book, cost-pool rollups, the ASP-vs-BOM margin delta, and modeled top suppliers per pool. $499 per rack.
Rack at a glance
- Vendor
- Cerebras
- Chips per rack
- 1
- Power density
- 23 kW
- Lifecycle
- 2025–2030
What the teardown breaks out
- Compute / accelerators
- Memory (HBM)
- Networking & interconnect
- Power delivery
- Cooling & thermal
- Chassis, mechanical & integration
Each pool carries its BOM share, the ASP-vs-BOM margin delta, and the modeled top suppliers.
FAQ
What does a Cerebras CS-3 rack cost?
The Mintok Cerebras CS-3 teardown prices every BOM line at the current component book and rolls it up into cost pools, with the ASP-vs-BOM margin delta and modeled top suppliers per pool. The full priced teardown is $499 per rack; specs above are free.
How many accelerators are in a Cerebras CS-3?
A Cerebras CS-3 rack holds 1 accelerators at roughly 23 kW of power density.
What's inside the Cerebras CS-3 cost breakdown?
The teardown decomposes the Cerebras CS-3 into cost pools: Compute / accelerators, Memory (HBM), Networking & interconnect, Power delivery, Cooling & thermal, Chassis, mechanical & integration — each with its share of BOM and the suppliers behind it.
Get the priced Cerebras CS-3 teardown
Full BOM, cost pools, margin delta and modeled suppliers — $499 per rack.
Modeled estimates from public data and the Mintok component price book — methodology published. Not investment advice. Methodology.