Command R+ Environmental Impact
Enterprise RAG-optimised model
Per query = Short query (~300 tokens)
Energy per query
1.5 Wh
CO2 per query
0.53 g
Water per query
3 mL
Processing location
AWS / Google Cloud / Azure
Provider
Cohere
Category
Text / Chat
Grid carbon intensity
450 g CO2/kWh (25% renewable)
How does Command R+ compare?
Detailed Breakdown
Energy Consumption
Command R+ at 104B parameters is optimised for RAG (retrieval-augmented generation) workflows. Estimated at ~1.5 Wh per query — comparable to other 100B+ dense models.
Power Source & Carbon
Available across AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure. Cohere has not published environmental impact data.
Water Usage
Estimated at ~2.8 mL per query, based on energy and typical multi-cloud WUE.
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How much energy does Command R+ use per query?
Each Command R+ query consumes approximately 1.5 Wh of energy. This is 5x more than a traditional Google search (~0.3 Wh).
What is Command R+'s carbon footprint?
Based on the carbon intensity of AWS / Google Cloud / Azure, each query produces approximately 0.53 g of CO2. The grid in this region has a carbon intensity of 450 g CO2/kWh with 25% renewable energy.
How much water does Command R+ use?
Each query consumes approximately 3 mL of water, primarily used for cooling the data centers that process the request.
How does Command R+ compare to a Google search?
A Command R+ query uses 5x more than a Google search in terms of energy. A Google search uses approximately 0.3 Wh, while Command R+ uses 1.5 Wh.
Technical Details
Architecture
Dense Transformer (decoder-only)
Parameters
104B
Context window
128,000 tokens
Release date
2024-04-04
Open source
Yes