2025-03-23, 08:37 PM
CPU transcoding uses MUCH MUCH more power than GPU transcoding. AND the GPU would transcode multiple times faster. Yes, there is some idle power draw, but much less than you'd expect. Less than 15-20w for modern Nvidia GPUs. With transcoding power usage around 30w. Versus 50-100w for a CPU to transcode a video at less than half the speed.