A Mastodon user shared energy consumption figures for Google's Gemini models, estimating that training Gemini Ultra required approximately 150 GWh. Distilling a smaller 'Nano' version from Ultra is estimated to consume between 1 and 5 GWh. A single Gemini cloud query uses about 0.24 Wh, while a year of serving Gemini (around 1 billion queries daily) consumes roughly 90 GWh. AI
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IMPACT Provides insight into the significant energy costs associated with training and running large AI models.
RANK_REASON The cluster contains a user-generated estimate of energy consumption for AI models, not an official release or benchmark. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=0.7]