Comment on Making an image with generative AI uses as much energy as charging your phone
greater_potater@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Wait so then does playing a game that maxes out my GPU for two hours use enough power to charge 1000 smartphones?
Because that’s a lot.
DreadPotato@sopuli.xyz 6 months ago
A high(er) end smartphone has a battery capacity of approx. 0.019kWh (5000mAh), a gtx3080 has a max power draw of 320W so running that (at max load) for two hours is 0.64kWh, which is equivalent to fully charging ~34 smartphones.
Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Thanks for actually doing the math.