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How much energy does Gemini 2.0 Flash use?

Google DeepMind +1 · released 2025-02-05

Complex prompt
7.24 Wh
≈ 13 m of driving
Everyday chat
0.310 Wh
Capability
64.1
Energy rank
86 of 134

What this figure is

Day-one estimate  Calculated from an estimated parameter count — the maker hasn't published one. Every model on this site is calculated the same way, so the comparison holds even where the absolute value carries uncertainty. Our figures are good to roughly a factor of two to three, which is why we only ever state a difference of 5× or more.

Is there a better choice?

A lighter model that does the job
Alibaba · capability 84.8. It is more capable than Gemini 2.0 Flash and uses about 21× less energy per answer: 0.351 Wh against 7.24 Wh.

What Google DeepMind +1 publishes

Energy cannot be worked out without knowing how big a model is. Of the 2 models from Google DeepMind +1 that we track, 1 can be assessed at all — the rest publish too little for anyone outside the company to calculate anything.

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