Comment by lelandbatey

Some external context on those approximate claims:

- Run a 1500W USA microwave for 10 seconds: 15,000 joules

- Llama 3.1 405B text generation prompts: On average 6,706 joules total, for each response

- Stable Diffusion 3 Medium generating a 1024 x 1024 pixel image w/ 50 diffusion steps: about 4,402 joules

[1] - MIT Technology Review, 2025-05-20 https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/20/1116327/ai-energ...