• Pennomi@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

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

    • DavidGarcia@feddit.nl
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      2 days 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.

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      3 days ago

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

      • Pennomi@lemmy.world
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        3 days 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.