misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoMaking an image with generative AI uses as much energy as charging your phonewww.technologyreview.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1143arrow-down129
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minus-squarebioemerl@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down1·edit-27 months agoThis is outdated in a big way with stable diffusion turbo and the recent LCM models that can render images at 30fps on a 3090. 360w * 1s /60 seconds a minute / 60 minutes an hour = .1 wh/image 30 images a second? .033 wh A phone battery is 3000 mah * 3.5volts = 10.5 wh 318 images per phone charge My math is probably off, but you get the idea.
minus-squareIllecors@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·7 months agoYou’re off by 3 orders of magnitude. 30 * 0.1Wh = 3Wh
minus-squarebioemerl@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-27 months agoThat’s ( fixed, messed up mah conversion) .1wh for a second of 3090 time/ 30 images a second. If a 3090 drew 3 watt hours in 1/30th of a second it would melt. Possibly off by one order of magnitude though… Editing post to see, and it looks like I was. 300 images per charge instead of 3000.
This is outdated in a big way with stable diffusion turbo and the recent LCM models that can render images at 30fps on a 3090.
360w * 1s /60 seconds a minute / 60 minutes an hour = .1 wh/image
30 images a second? .033 wh
A phone battery is 3000 mah * 3.5volts = 10.5 wh
318 images per phone charge
My math is probably off, but you get the idea.
You’re off by 3 orders of magnitude.
30 * 0.1Wh = 3WhThat’s ( fixed, messed up mah conversion) .1wh for a second of 3090 time/ 30 images a second.
If a 3090 drew 3 watt hours in 1/30th of a second it would melt.
Possibly off by one order of magnitude though… Editing post to see, and it looks like I was. 300 images per charge instead of 3000.