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Where and when electric energy is $0.51/kWh, one might care quite a bit.
by zbrozek 3y ago
Where and when electric energy is $0.51/kWh, one might care quite a bit.
- jacooper 3y agoI doubt the target customers of the M2 ultra aren't going to be able to cover extra energy costs for a cheaper and more performant device.
- zbrozek 3y agoOh sure, but I was responding to the comment above saying that desktop users in general shouldn't care about power consumption. That's too broad.
- ianai 3y agoIt’s such a strawman point. But this comparison is totally bonkers. If you’re doing a workload meant for a 4080/4090 then you really have no business pointing at the M2 Ultra as a competitor. Then there’s comparing like technology to like technology. Something like the 5700G AMD line, and that’s not even nvidia. But that probably isn’t as interesting to the authors.
- readthenotes1 3y agoWhoever is doing the caring should reconsider their life choices at that price. At 51 cents per kilowatt hour, personal solar + batteries are a vailable alternative. If you cared about the planet, you'd move