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Why can inference consume more total energy than one training run?

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  1. Repeated inference multiplies small costs
  2. Inference always retrains the model
  3. Training uses no electricity

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  1. Compute and Energy Consumption Trends in Deep Learning Inference arxiv.org/abs/2109.05472 Checked 2026-10-11.

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