Asymmetric Capacity Allocation in Self-Refinement Pipelines
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Large Language Models (LLMs) are increasingly used to optimize code for performance, but this study shows that such optimizations often increase energy consumption rather than reduce it. Across 11 open‑source models and 1,000 benchmark problems, inference energy ranged from 0.79 to 8.68 MJ, and 42 of 44 configurations produced code that used 4% to 886% more energy than human‑written reference solutions. Mixture‑of‑Experts architectures and token‑limit constraints can reduce inference energy, yet performance‑optimized code remains energy‑heavier, indicating that speed and sustainability are not always aligned goals.
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