FAQ · power bills
Should hosts worry about power bills?
Not as the primary risk. Worry about heat, fan noise, battery (laptops), and whether jobs actually match. LongKinetic20m was ~$0.001 of electricity on our ABS package math.
| Job | Wall | Abs avg | Abs Wh | Elec @ $0.1883/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HeavyMotion | 32.62 s | 33.1 W | 0.287 Wh | ~$0.000054 |
| LongKinetic3m | 111.5 s | 28.6 W | 0.876 Wh | ~$0.000165 |
| LongKinetic20m | 679.5 s | 28.7 W | 5.403 Wh | ~$0.00102 |
M2 Max SoC package samples (ABS, not idle-subtracted). Canonical: power bakeoff.
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