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[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

A lot of the smaller LLMs don’t require GPU at all - they run just fine on a normal consumer CPU.

[–] copygirl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Wouldn't running on a CPU (while possible) make it less energy efficient, though?

[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

It depends. A lot of LLMs are memory-constrained. If you’re constantly thrashing the GPU memory it can be both slower and less efficient.

[–] DavidGarcia@feddit.nl 1 points 3 weeks ago

yeah but 10x slower, at speeds that just don't work for many use cases. When you compare energy consumption per token, there isn't much difference.