Flux.1 Dev Environmental Impact

Energy Consumption

Flux.1 Dev consumes approximately 3.8 Wh per image at 20 inference steps. As an open-source 12B parameter model using a rectified flow transformer architecture, it represents a new generation of image models that replace traditional U-Net architectures with transformer-based designs.

Power Source & Carbon

As an open-source model, Flux.1 is self-hosted across diverse infrastructure. The carbon impact varies based on deployment location. Popular hosting platforms include Replicate, RunPod, and local GPUs.

Water Usage

At approximately 7 mL per image when hosted in a data center, water consumption is moderate. Self-hosted on personal hardware, water consumption drops to effectively zero.

How much energy does Flux.1 Dev use per query?

Each Flux.1 Dev query consumes approximately 3.8 Wh of energy. This is 13x more than a traditional Google search (~0.3 Wh).

What is Flux.1 Dev's carbon footprint?

Based on the carbon intensity of Self-hosted (varies), each query produces approximately 1.5 g of CO2. The grid in this region has a carbon intensity of 475 g CO2/kWh with 27% renewable energy.

How much water does Flux.1 Dev use?

Each query consumes approximately 7 mL of water, primarily used for cooling the data centers that process the request.

How does Flux.1 Dev compare to a Google search?

A Flux.1 Dev query uses 13x more than a Google search in terms of energy. A Google search uses approximately 0.3 Wh, while Flux.1 Dev uses 3.8 Wh.

Architecture

Rectified Flow Transformer

Parameters

12B

Release date

2024-08-01

Open source

Yes