A single text request to AI systems is comparatively economical with only a few watt-hours. Generated images consume about 65 times more energy than text.
Generating images with AI consumes significantly more energy than text-based queries, approximately 65 times as much. Creating a 30-second AI-generated video is estimated to require about 2,000 times the energy of a single text request. These findings highlight the substantial energy demands of different AI modalities, particularly visual and video generation. AI
IMPACT Highlights the significant energy cost of AI, especially for image and video generation, informing operators about resource implications.