• @greater_potater
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    3310 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.

    • @[email protected]
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      4510 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
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        1110 months ago

        Thanks for actually doing the math.

      • @[email protected]
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        10 months ago

        So the headline must be false, since you can generate a lot more than 34 generative AI images on a 3080 in 2 hours. That’s if you just include inference though.

        I wonder if they are somehow trying to factor in the training costs.