According to somebody on reddit it takes 10s to get a decent 512x512 image with 60 iterations or so from their 3060. Those will draw 0.18 kilowatts at full load

According to somebody on reddit it takes 10s to get a decent 512x512 image with 60 iterations or so from their 3060. Those will draw 0.18 kilowatts at full load. Average US electricity will emit 0.86 pounds of carbon per kilowatt hour. EPA says average passenger car is 0.88 pounds of carbon per mile. If you multiply it through, that image generation is about as carbon intensive as moving the car 1 yard. If you're using a cloud farm it's probably much more efficient due to batching and larger industrial-grade GPUs I imagine.