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How much energy does Llama 3.2 1B use?

Meta AI · released 2024-09-24

Complex prompt
0.283 Wh
under 1 m of driving
Everyday chat
0.012 Wh
Capability
23.9
Energy rank
8 of 134

What this figure is

Calculated  Calculated from a published parameter count. 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
Nothing we track is both at least as capable as Llama 3.2 1B and meaningfully lighter. On our figures this is already a sensible choice for its standard of work.

What Meta AI publishes

Energy cannot be worked out without knowing how big a model is. Of the 12 models from Meta AI that we track, 10 can be assessed at all — the rest publish too little for anyone outside the company to calculate anything.

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Figure calculated 2026-09-01 · how these numbers are made · the full comparison of 134 models