Apple Silicon은 OpenRouter보다 비용이 더 든다

Apple Silicon's local LLM inference appears economically disadvantaged against cloud APIs like OpenRouter in this cost analysis, but the comparison fundamentally errs by attributing the entire MacBook cost to token generation alone. In reality, MacBook users gain multi-functional value beyond inference capabilities, making a direct cost comparison between a general-purpose computer and single-purpose SaaS inherently flawed. The deeper insight suggests that evaluating on-device AI requires holistic consideration of privacy, latency, and hardware versatility—not token-per-dollar metrics in isolation.