Comment on ChatGPT 5 power consumption could be as much as eight times higher than GPT 4 — research institute estimates medium-sized GPT-5 response can consume up to 40 watt-hours of electricity

TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• MangoCats@feddit.it ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  This figure is already not bad. 40 watt hours = 0.04kWh - you know kWh? That unit on your electric bill that is around $0.18 per kWh (and data centers tend to be in lower cost electric areas, closer to $0.11/kWh.) Still, 40Wh would register on your home electric bill at $0.0072, less than a penny. For comparison, an average suburban 4 ton AC unit draws 4kW per hour - that 40Wh request? 1/100th of an hour of AC for your home, about 36 seconds of air conditioning. I don’t know that this article is making anybody “look bad” in terms of power used.

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  • msage@programming.dev ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    What exactly do you get for that power though?

    The point is that it’s too much power for little gain in return.

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    • MangoCats@feddit.it ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Arguably, a great deal more than the energy you lose from opening the door to your house in the summer, once while the A/C is running.

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      • msage@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        I consider TikTok harmful, so you are right about your last sentence.

        But my AC does not nor ever has actually consumed 4kW in an hour.

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• outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Thats actyally a fav rhetorical trick of mine when arhuing with consummatw bullshitters who have followers.

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• gil2455526@lemmy.eco.br ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Yeah, I saw some people speculating GPT-5 is having worse performance in some tasks than older models but still being forced to everyone because it’s a consolidation and cost cutting version, but how could it be cutting costs if it consumes 8 times more power?

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