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Let's try to ground the discussion into data. Headcounts: - Gaming GPUs: Installed base 700-900M GPUs + active gaming rigs (100-200M). Assumption of 250M acti
by whiplash451 1y ago
Let's try to ground the discussion into data.
Headcounts:
- Gaming GPUs: Installed base 700-900M GPUs + active gaming rigs (100-200M). Assumption of 250M active gamers worldwide.
- AI GPUs: ~3 million high-performance AI GPUs currently in active use globally
Average power usage:
Gaming: 3 hours gaming at 300W → 37.5W average over 24h
AI: 16h×600W+8h×100Widle=10400Wh→ 433W average over 24h
Total Global GPU Power Consumption:
Gaming: 250M GPUs × 37.5W avg = ~9.4 GW -> 9.4GW×24h×365=82.4 TWh/year
AI: 3M GPUs × 433W avg = ~1.3 GW -> 1.3GW×24h×365=11.4 TWh/year
Even taking into account that data centers also require power for cooling, which doubles AI GPU energy impact, gaming >> AI by a wide margin.