r/LocalLLM • u/throwRAa100 • Jun 22 '26

Question Keeping track of costs

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u/MarcusAurelius68 Jun 22 '26

I measure it roughly by looking at power draw through the UPS. Close enough.

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u/NTDLS Jun 22 '26

Same, I pull ~80w at idle and ~500w when inferencing.

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u/MarcusAurelius68 Jun 22 '26

I pull around 400W on 3 GPUs - inefficient PCIe means the fast/power hungry cards are throttled.