• Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus
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    3 hours ago

    I run my LLM locally, and still have to turn the heating on because it’s not enough power. A high end card is normally rated for about 300W - and it’s only running in short bursts to answer questions. so if you are really pushing it, over time you will probably reach around 150W/h - that’s not enough at all. You would for sure use more power playing a game using Unreal Engine 5.

    Power consumption of LLM’s is a lot lower than people think. And running it in a data center will surely be more energy efficient than my aging AM4 platform.

    • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 hours ago

      I run mine on a Steam Deck.

      Fairly low power draw on that lol.

      Though I’m using it as a coding assistant… not a digital girlfriend.

      … though I have modded my Deck a bit, so… I guess I already know what ‘she’ looks like on the inside, hahaha!