Machine operations
Server operations, in their units: 1,000 tokens read or written, an image, a second of video, a minute of audio. Uses are calculated from them.
Columns
| Unit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Re-read from cache1,000 tokens | 0.015 gCO2e | 1,000 tokens | 0.032 Wh | convention | |
| Read 1,000 tokens1,000 tokens | 0.15 gCO2e | 1,000 tokens | 0.32 Wh | Watershed | published |
| Write 1,000 tokens1,000 tokens | 0.44 gCO2e | 1,000 tokens | 0.96 Wh | Watershed | published |
| Write, with reasoning1,000 tokens | 0.84 gCO2e | 1,000 tokens | 1.8 Wh | convention | |
| Reasoningfactor | × 1.92 | factor | PEReN and 3 others | measured | |
| Analyse an image1 image | 0.16 gCO2e | 1 image | 0.35 Wh | estimated | |
| Generate an image1 image | 1.3 gCO2e | 1 image | 2.91 Wh | Luccioni et al. | measured |
| Transcribe one minute1 minute of audio | 0.17 gCO2e | 1 minute of audio | 0.38 Wh | estimated | |
| Synthesise one minute1 minute of voice | 0.53 gCO2e | 1 minute of voice | 1.2 Wh | estimated | |
| Second of video1 second of video | 7.6 gCO2e | 1 second of video | 16.7 Wh | estimated | |
| Index 1,000 pages1,000 pages | 1.4 gCO2e | 1,000 pages | 3 Wh | estimated | |
Calculated values depend on the location of the servers; published values are used as they stand. An empty source indicates a value calculated by the database from its factors.
