Near-100% utilization can be efficient briefly, but sustained saturation removes headroom for bursts and increases queues.
LATENCY & PERFORMANCEAI SRE
GPU Saturation
GPU saturation occurs when inference demand consumes most available compute capacity for sustained periods.
At 98% GPU utilization, a small traffic burst doubles TTFT because there is nowhere for extra work to go.
What utilization range balances cost efficiency with SLO headroom?
REMEMBERMaximum utilization is not the same as maximum reliability.
No uploads · No company data · No account required