Median Gemini text-prompt energy fell 33x in one year

Median Gemini text-prompt energy fell 33x in one year

Median Gemini text-prompt energy fell 33x in one year

Line chart. Source: Google Cloud (2025), Measuring the environmental impact of AI inference: 0.24 Wh for a median Gemini Apps text prompt in May 2025; Google's reported 33x year-over-year reduction implies approximately 7.92 Wh in May 2024 (derived).. Data table with 2 rows and 3 columns follows.

Median Gemini text-prompt energy fell 33x in one year
May 2024May 2025
Median Gemini text-prompt energy (Wh)7.920.24

Source: Google Cloud (2025), Measuring the environmental impact of AI inference: 0.24 Wh for a median Gemini Apps text prompt in May 2025; Google's reported 33x year-over-year reduction implies approximately 7.92 Wh in May 2024 (derived).

By . Published on September 14th, 2026.