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OpenAI will not disclose GPT-5’s energy use. It could be higher than past models
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 14 Aug 2025
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Obviously it's higher. If it was any lower, they would've made a huge announcement out of it to prove they're better than the competition.
I’m thinking otherwise. I think GPT5 is a much smaller model with some fallback to previous models when needed.
Since it’s running on the exact same hardware with a mostly similar algorithm, using less energy would directly mean it’s a “less intense” model, which translates into an inferior quality in American Investor Language (AIL) - which doesn’t give a flying fuck about energy efficiency since a while.
They probably wouldn't really care how efficient it is, but they certainly would care that the costs are lower.