For me, this competition has been uniquely compute-heavy. And going by some have the write-ups, it definitely wasn't just me. To get a bit of an overview, I'd like to ask everyone (and particularly the gold medalists): how much total kWh did you consume to come to your solution?
\nFor the the numer is approximately 700 kWh, almostly exclusively on V100s on vast.ai.
", "messages": [ { "id": "3237510", "postDate": "07/01/2025 06:21:29", "content": "For me, this competition has been uniquely compute-heavy. And going by some have the write-ups, it definitely wasn't just me. To get a bit of an overview, I'd like to ask everyone (and particularly the gold medalists): how much total kWh did you consume to come to your solution?
\nFor the the numer is approximately 700 kWh, almostly exclusively on V100s on vast.ai.
", "rawMarkdown": "For me, this competition has been uniquely compute-heavy. And going by some have the write-ups, it definitely wasn't just me. To get a bit of an overview, I'd like to ask everyone (and particularly the gold medalists): **how much total kWh did you consume to come to your solution?**\n\nFor the the numer is approximately **700 kWh**, almostly exclusively on V100s on vast.ai.", "votes": null }, { "id": "3237522", "postDate": "07/01/2025 06:33:07", "content": "I prefer to speak in $. And I spent about 400$ in total.
\nI thought it was a lot, but reading your and 5th place comments I start to suspect I was very heavily under-conputed in this competition.
Dollars are a bit trickier, because some people use their own GPU clusters, so it makes it harder to compare to us using the cloud. Anyway, I spent about $700.
", "rawMarkdown": "Dollars are a bit trickier, because some people use their own GPU clusters, so it makes it harder to compare to us using the cloud. Anyway, I spent about $700.", "votes": null }, { "id": "3237530", "postDate": "07/01/2025 06:39:27", "content": "People that own GPU cluster…Ah, the envy.
", "rawMarkdown": "People that own GPU cluster...Ah, the envy.", "votes": null }, { "id": "3237658", "postDate": "07/01/2025 08:06:27", "content": "\"how much total kWh did you consume to come to your solution?\"
\nI did not count.
I put my drinking glass of cold water near my PC. It cracked due to heat from GPU.
\nDrinking glass cost $5 dollars.
in span of entire competition, about 6000 kWh (1500 of it is air conditioner for the server), I will have to pay that electricity bill of about $450-500 because it's all local 😅
", "rawMarkdown": "in span of entire competition, about 6000 kWh (1500 of it is air conditioner for the server), I will have to pay that electricity bill of about $450-500 because it's all local 😅", "votes": null }, { "id": "3237731", "postDate": "07/01/2025 09:14:33", "content": "Are you sure? You mentioned your main run is 4x RTX5090 over 15 days. Assuming maximum power draw of 575W (typically doesn't happen), that works out to 828 kWh. (That does exclude stuff like your AC, which I didn't include in my own consumption by the way.)
", "rawMarkdown": "Are you sure? You mentioned your main run is 4x RTX5090 over 15 days. Assuming maximum power draw of 575W (typically doesn't happen), that works out to 828 kWh. (That does exclude stuff like your AC, which I didn't include in my own consumption by the way.)", "votes": null }, { "id": "3237738", "postDate": "07/01/2025 09:18:25", "content": "Yeah, the final solution only takes about 1000 including AC, I was talking about the whole competition, and I think I still overestimated, It may have been less.
", "rawMarkdown": "Yeah, the final solution only takes about 1000 including AC, I was talking about the whole competition, and I think I still overestimated, It may have been less.", "votes": null }, { "id": "3237771", "postDate": "07/01/2025 09:46:34", "content": "Which cloud service did you use? Do you know anywhere cheaper than vast.ai?
", "rawMarkdown": "Which cloud service did you use? Do you know anywhere cheaper than vast.ai?", "votes": null }, { "id": "3237783", "postDate": "07/01/2025 09:59:13", "content": "I use vast.ai, not sure if there is something much cheaper. I really like the you just get full control over your own instance.
", "rawMarkdown": "I use vast.ai, not sure if there is something much cheaper. I really like the you just get full control over your own instance.", "votes": null }, { "id": "3237912", "postDate": "07/01/2025 11:26:46", "content": "runpod.io is pretty good too
", "rawMarkdown": "runpod.io is pretty good too", "votes": null }, { "id": "3238049", "postDate": "07/01/2025 13:53:48", "content": "I've used both vast.ai and runpod.io during this competition. Vast.ai was a bit cheaper, but I once got disconnected from the gpu instance during training because of the server's internet connection wasn't stable. (It recovered later, and luckily the training hadn't stopped)
\nI was wondering whether there were any cheapers gpus, but it seems I have to stick with them.
I prefer to speak in $. And I spent about 400$ in total.
\nI thought it was a lot, but reading your and 5th place comments I start to suspect I was very heavily under-conputed in this competition.
Dollars are a bit trickier, because some people use their own GPU clusters, so it makes it harder to compare to us using the cloud. Anyway, I spent about $700.
", "votes": null, "replies": [ { "id": 3237530, "author_name": "shlomoron", "author_url": "", "post_date": "07/01/2025 06:39:27", "content": "People that own GPU cluster…Ah, the envy.
", "votes": null, "replies": [] } ] }, { "id": 3237771, "author_name": "cnumber", "author_url": "", "post_date": "07/01/2025 09:46:34", "content": "Which cloud service did you use? Do you know anywhere cheaper than vast.ai?
", "votes": null, "replies": [ { "id": 3237783, "author_name": "jeroencottaar", "author_url": "", "post_date": "07/01/2025 09:59:13", "content": "I use vast.ai, not sure if there is something much cheaper. I really like the you just get full control over your own instance.
", "votes": null, "replies": [] }, { "id": 3237912, "author_name": "rashmibanthia", "author_url": "", "post_date": "07/01/2025 11:26:46", "content": "runpod.io is pretty good too
", "votes": null, "replies": [] }, { "id": 3238049, "author_name": "cnumber", "author_url": "", "post_date": "07/01/2025 13:53:48", "content": "I've used both vast.ai and runpod.io during this competition. Vast.ai was a bit cheaper, but I once got disconnected from the gpu instance during training because of the server's internet connection wasn't stable. (It recovered later, and luckily the training hadn't stopped)
\nI was wondering whether there were any cheapers gpus, but it seems I have to stick with them.
\"how much total kWh did you consume to come to your solution?\"
\nI did not count.
I put my drinking glass of cold water near my PC. It cracked due to heat from GPU.
\nDrinking glass cost $5 dollars.
in span of entire competition, about 6000 kWh (1500 of it is air conditioner for the server), I will have to pay that electricity bill of about $450-500 because it's all local 😅
", "votes": null, "replies": [ { "id": 3237731, "author_name": "jeroencottaar", "author_url": "", "post_date": "07/01/2025 09:14:33", "content": "Are you sure? You mentioned your main run is 4x RTX5090 over 15 days. Assuming maximum power draw of 575W (typically doesn't happen), that works out to 828 kWh. (That does exclude stuff like your AC, which I didn't include in my own consumption by the way.)
", "votes": null, "replies": [ { "id": 3237738, "author_name": "harshitsheoran", "author_url": "", "post_date": "07/01/2025 09:18:25", "content": "Yeah, the final solution only takes about 1000 including AC, I was talking about the whole competition, and I think I still overestimated, It may have been less.
", "votes": null, "replies": [] } ] } ] } ], "raw_markdown_by_id": { "3237510": "For me, this competition has been uniquely compute-heavy. And going by some have the write-ups, it definitely wasn't just me. To get a bit of an overview, I'd like to ask everyone (and particularly the gold medalists): **how much total kWh did you consume to come to your solution?**\n\nFor the the numer is approximately **700 kWh**, almostly exclusively on V100s on vast.ai.", "3237522": "I prefer to speak in $. And I spent about 400$ in total.\nI thought it was a lot, but reading your and 5th place comments I start to suspect I was very heavily under-conputed in this competition.", "3237523": "Dollars are a bit trickier, because some people use their own GPU clusters, so it makes it harder to compare to us using the cloud. Anyway, I spent about $700.", "3237530": "People that own GPU cluster...Ah, the envy.", "3237658": "\"how much total kWh did you consume to come to your solution?\"\nI did not count.\n\nI put my drinking glass of cold water near my PC. It cracked due to heat from GPU.\nDrinking glass cost $5 dollars.", "3237702": "in span of entire competition, about 6000 kWh (1500 of it is air conditioner for the server), I will have to pay that electricity bill of about $450-500 because it's all local 😅", "3237731": "Are you sure? You mentioned your main run is 4x RTX5090 over 15 days. Assuming maximum power draw of 575W (typically doesn't happen), that works out to 828 kWh. (That does exclude stuff like your AC, which I didn't include in my own consumption by the way.)", "3237738": "Yeah, the final solution only takes about 1000 including AC, I was talking about the whole competition, and I think I still overestimated, It may have been less.", "3237771": "Which cloud service did you use? Do you know anywhere cheaper than vast.ai?", "3237783": "I use vast.ai, not sure if there is something much cheaper. I really like the you just get full control over your own instance.", "3237912": "runpod.io is pretty good too", "3238049": "I've used both vast.ai and runpod.io during this competition. Vast.ai was a bit cheaper, but I once got disconnected from the gpu instance during training because of the server's internet connection wasn't stable. (It recovered later, and luckily the training hadn't stopped)\nI was wondering whether there were any cheapers gpus, but it seems I have to stick with them." }, "source": "meta" }