A question, an answer written from pages fetched and cited. The model reads far more than it writes, but only the answer crosses the network towards you.
Billed on volume received, at 2.5 Wh per thousand tokens. Fetching the pages happens at the provider's end and appears nowhere in this estimate.
| Service | Inference region | Intensity | 500-token answer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perplexity | United States | 380 g/kWh | 0.48 g · 500 tokens |
| You.com | United States | 380 g/kWh | 0.48 g · 500 tokens |
| Phind | United States | 380 g/kWh | 0.48 g · 500 tokens |