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How Much Does a Local LLM Actually Cost to Run? I Measured Every Watt on Apple Silicon

How Much Does a Local LLM Actually Cost to Run? I Measured Every Watt on Apple Silicon

Five models, sustained generation, real wall-socket energy at $0.31/kWh — and the surprise the RTX-3090 numbers predicted, only bigger.

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