How much (wattage) power does VLC use?

[Chromatic]

Hey guys,..

I'm interested in the ROUGH power usage metrics for having a computer run VLC Video 24 hours a day, indefinitely.

This is best expressed in approximate 'wattage' / hour for me to determine cost.

How much variability is there in older machines vs newer machines in wattage usage (efficiency) in running VLC video?

With GPU decoding,.. what is the lowest end card range that appreciably works and are more efficient than cpus? Does this apply to all encoded video / video extensions?

Does this thing run eat up 150+ watts on a 2010 machine but 25 watts on basically any machine built after 2018? Maybe there isn't that much variability in efficiency - Any and all power usage information will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

I wonder what you expect to be told here? Obviously this is so heavily dependent on the hardware and use case that the only way to find out is for you to measure it.