OpenCarbonEval: A Unified Carbon Emission Estimation Framework in Large-Scale AI Models

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Main Authors: Yu, Zhaojian, Wu, Yinghao, Deng, Zhuotao, Tang, Yansong, Zhang, Xiao-Ping
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author Yu, Zhaojian
Wu, Yinghao
Deng, Zhuotao
Tang, Yansong
Zhang, Xiao-Ping
author_facet Yu, Zhaojian
Wu, Yinghao
Deng, Zhuotao
Tang, Yansong
Zhang, Xiao-Ping
contents In recent years, large-scale auto-regressive models have made significant progress in various tasks, such as text or video generation. However, the environmental impact of these models has been largely overlooked, with a lack of assessment and analysis of their carbon footprint. To address this gap, we introduce OpenCarbonEval, a unified framework for integrating large-scale models across diverse modalities to predict carbon emissions, which could provide AI service providers and users with a means to estimate emissions beforehand and help mitigate the environmental pressure associated with these models. In OpenCarbonEval, we propose a dynamic throughput modeling approach that could capture workload and hardware fluctuations in the training process for more precise emissions estimates. Our evaluation results demonstrate that OpenCarbonEval can more accurately predict training emissions than previous methods, and can be seamlessly applied to different modal tasks. Specifically, we show that OpenCarbonEval achieves superior performance in predicting carbon emissions for both visual models and language models. By promoting sustainable AI development and deployment, OpenCarbonEval can help reduce the environmental impact of large-scale models and contribute to a more environmentally responsible future for the AI community.
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spellingShingle OpenCarbonEval: A Unified Carbon Emission Estimation Framework in Large-Scale AI Models
Yu, Zhaojian
Wu, Yinghao
Deng, Zhuotao
Tang, Yansong
Zhang, Xiao-Ping
Computers and Society
Machine Learning
In recent years, large-scale auto-regressive models have made significant progress in various tasks, such as text or video generation. However, the environmental impact of these models has been largely overlooked, with a lack of assessment and analysis of their carbon footprint. To address this gap, we introduce OpenCarbonEval, a unified framework for integrating large-scale models across diverse modalities to predict carbon emissions, which could provide AI service providers and users with a means to estimate emissions beforehand and help mitigate the environmental pressure associated with these models. In OpenCarbonEval, we propose a dynamic throughput modeling approach that could capture workload and hardware fluctuations in the training process for more precise emissions estimates. Our evaluation results demonstrate that OpenCarbonEval can more accurately predict training emissions than previous methods, and can be seamlessly applied to different modal tasks. Specifically, we show that OpenCarbonEval achieves superior performance in predicting carbon emissions for both visual models and language models. By promoting sustainable AI development and deployment, OpenCarbonEval can help reduce the environmental impact of large-scale models and contribute to a more environmentally responsible future for the AI community.
title OpenCarbonEval: A Unified Carbon Emission Estimation Framework in Large-Scale AI Models
topic Computers and Society
Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.12843