It depends on the model but I’ve seen image generators range from 8.6 wH per image to over 100 wH per image. Parameter count and quantization make a huge difference there. Regardless, even at 10 wH per image that’s not nothing, especially given that most ML image generation workflows involve batch generation of 9 or 10 images. It’s several orders of magnitude less energy intensive than training and fine tuning, but it is not nothing by any means.
NewOldGuard@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
It depends on the model but I’ve seen image generators range from 8.6 wH per image to over 100 wH per image. Parameter count and quantization make a huge difference there. Regardless, even at 10 wH per image that’s not nothing, especially given that most ML image generation workflows involve batch generation of 9 or 10 images. It’s several orders of magnitude less energy intensive than training and fine tuning, but it is not nothing by any means.