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#ChatGPT5 power consumption could be as much as eight times higher than #GPT4 — research institute estimates medium-sized #GPT5 response can consume up to 40 watt-hours of electricity
University of Rhode Island's AI lab estimates that GPT-5 averages just over 18 Wh per query, so putting all of #ChatGPT's reported 2.5B requests a day through the model could see energy usage as high as 45GWh equivalent of two to three nuclear power reactors, enough to power a small country.
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/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
University of Rhode Island's AI lab estimates that GPT-5 averages just over 18 Wh per query, so putting all of #ChatGPT's reported 2.5B requests a day through the model could see energy usage as high as 45GWh equivalent of two to three nuclear power reactors, enough to power a small country.
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/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
