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Nvidia's H100 GPUs will consume more power than some countries
- aurareturn 3y agoHow much productivity do the GPUs contribute? Maybe a good metric to have is productivity/watt?
- anigbrowl 3y agoThat probably depends very much on how you measure it, no? A year or so ago, using your GPU to mint NFTs was extremely 'productive'. If that same activity were measured now, much less so.
- PeterStuer 3y ago"at 61% annual utilization, an H100 GPU would consume approximately 3,740 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity annually" Given that a tyical car consumes about 80 KwH per 100 km, and cars do about 20k km average per year, you run about 4 to 5 H100's per car. The artcle then goes on to compare total consumption of the GPU:s to the houshold electricity consumption of Phoenix Arizona. This city has around 591,000 households and an average of 2 cars er household. At rougly 1.2 million cars in Phoenix Arizona, the cars in that city alone consume more energy than 5 million H100's. Which is around 3x the estimate for H100's that will be sold worldwide in 2024. I've yet to find a clickbait artcle or a Microsoft spokesperson lamenting on how Phoenix residents cars consume more energy than the entirety of some countries
- roygbiv2 3y ago80? My ev does 15.5 kWh per 100km.
- profile53 3y agoI think that’s an energy conversion for petrol vehicles.
- PeterStuer 3y agoYes, that is what it was.
- costanzaDynasty 3y agoPhoenix would be the 125 most populous country in the world, more than some countries.