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  • November 4, 2025
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Hello,

I am using an Axelera board (board type: AXR_BOARD_METIS_OMEGA_PCIE, firmware version: v1.4.2) and woul like to track the power consumption and current consumption of the AIPU while i am using it. I have tried using Axmonitor but it does not display power consumption (as announced in the SDK since i don’t have a 4-Metis AIPU card). Is there a way to monitor current consumption or power consumption (maybe both?), as there is for temperature?

Best answer by snehakondur

 

Hi ​@MArio 

Unfortunately, the Metis PCIe card does not have a built in power measurement feature. For now, the most practical way to estimate its power consumption when running inference workloads is as follows:

  • Use a smart power plug with built-in power monitoring capabilities to measure the total power drawn at the host system’s power input.
    • Record the power consumption while the host system is idle. (P0)
    • Record the power consumption while you are running the inference workload. (P1)
  • The difference between these two readings (P1 - P0) will give you a reasonable estimate of the Metis PCIe card’s power usage. 

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  • Axelera Team
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  • November 4, 2025

 

Hi ​@MArio 

Unfortunately, the Metis PCIe card does not have a built in power measurement feature. For now, the most practical way to estimate its power consumption when running inference workloads is as follows:

  • Use a smart power plug with built-in power monitoring capabilities to measure the total power drawn at the host system’s power input.
    • Record the power consumption while the host system is idle. (P0)
    • Record the power consumption while you are running the inference workload. (P1)
  • The difference between these two readings (P1 - P0) will give you a reasonable estimate of the Metis PCIe card’s power usage. 

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  • Cadet
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  • November 5, 2025

Hello ​@snehakondur ,

Thank you for your answer, do you know if it is the same for M2 cards as I will also use one?


  • Axelera Team
  • 4 replies
  • November 5, 2025

Hello ​@MArio ,

Yes, unfortunately the Metis M.2 also does not have an inbuilt power measurement feature. Please use the same recommendation of relying on a smart power plug to get an estimate of power consumption.