Is Watt CPU consumption in SPEC including RAM ?
Benjamin G
Hello CCF,
I am reaching out to you as a Green IT consultant and active member of our community specializing in sustainable solutions for information technologies. My particular interest in the CCF methodology has recently led me to conduct a thorough analysis of data from SPEC, with a focus on information related to processors.
In the course of my research, I have delved into the watt consumption of processors. However, a lingering question arises regarding the nature of this data. Specifically, I would like to inquire whether the energy consumption figures for CPUs exclusively encompass data related to the processors themselves or if they also encompass the consumption of random access memory (RAM).
A clarification on this matter would be extremely beneficial to deepen my analysis and gain a better understanding of the overall impact of computer components on energy consumption. Therefore, I am reaching out to seek your expertise in obtaining precise information regarding the scope of the data provided by SPEC in this field.
I appreciate your attention to this inquiry and look forward to the possibility of discussing this matter further. Your insights would be invaluable in advancing my research.
Best regards,
Benjamin Gueguen
Cloud Carbon Footprint
Thanks for reaching out and for diving into our methodology. To clarify, the energy consumption of the SpecPower data we use represents the min and max wattage of entire servers, which includes memory usage associated with those servers. This is the reason why our Memory Estimation only estimates memory if the selected instance has a higher allocation of memory than what is recorded within the SpecPower data. In that instance, we use a memory coefficient to estimate the energy usage of the excess memory. You can read more about this process in the Memory section of our methodology.
We hope that helps! Please let us know if you have other questions.
Best,
The CCF Team at Thoughtworks