Orders of magnitude (power)

Short description: Units of measure for Watts (W) with examples

This page lists examples of the power in watts produced by various sources of energy. They are grouped by orders of magnitude from small to large.

## Contents

* 1 Below 1 W
* 2 1 to 102 W
* 3 103 to 108 W
* 4 109 to 1014 W
* 5 1015 to 1026 W
* 6 Over 1027 W
* 7 See also
* 8 Notes
* 9 References

## Below 1 W

Factor (watts)  | SI prefix | Value (watts)  | Value (decibel-milliwatts) | Item

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10−50 |  | 5.4 × 10−50 | −463 dBm  | astro: Hawking radiation power of the ultramassive black hole TON 618.[1][2]
10−27 | ronto- (rW) | 1.64×10−27 | −238 dBm  | phys: approximate power of gravitational radiation emitted by a 1000 kg satellite in geosynchronous orbit around the Earth.
10−24 | yocto- (yW) | 1×10−24 | −210 dBm  |
10−21 | zepto- (zW) | 1×10−21 | −180 dBm  | biomed: approximate lowest recorded power consumption of a deep-subsurface marine microbe[3]
10−20 |  | 1×10−20 | −170 dBm  | tech: approximate power of Galileo space probe's radio signal (when at Jupiter) as received on earth by a 70-meter DSN antenna.
10−18 | atto- (aW) | 1×10−18 | −150 dBm  | phys: approximate power scale at which operation of nanoelectromechanical systems are overwhelmed by thermal fluctuations.[4]
10−16 |  | 1×10−16 | −130 dBm  | tech: the GPS signal strength measured at the surface of the Earth.[clarification needed][5]
10−16 |  | 2×10−16 | −127 dBm  | biomed: approximate theoretical minimum luminosity detectable by the human eye under perfect conditions
10−15 | femto- (fW) | 2.5×10−15 | −116 dBm  | tech: minimum discernible signal at the antenna terminal of a good FM radio receiver
10−14 |  | 1×10−14 | −110 dBm  | tech: approximate lower limit of power reception on digital spread-spectrum cell phones
10−12 | pico- (pW) | 1×10−12 | −90 dBm  | biomed: average power consumption of a human cell
10−11 |  | 1.84×10−11 | −77 dBm  | phys: power lost in the form of synchrotron radiation by a proton revolving in the Large Hadron Collider at 7000 GeV[6]
10−10 |  | 1×10−10 | −68 dBm  | astro: estimated total Hawking radiation power of all black holes in the observable universe.[7][8][9]
1.5×10−10 | −68 dBm  | biomed: power entering a human eye from a 100-watt lamp 1 km away
10−9 | nano- (nW) | 2–15×10−9 | −57 dBm to −48 dBm  | tech: power consumption of 8-bit PIC microcontroller chips when in "sleep" mode
10−6 | micro- (μW) | 1×10−6 | −30 dBm  | tech: approximate consumption of a quartz or mechanical wristwatch
3×10−6 | −25 dBm  | astro: cosmic microwave background radiation per square meter
10−5 |  | 5×10−5 | −13 dBm  | biomed: sound power incident on a human eardrum at the threshold intensity for pain (500 mW/m2).
10−3 | milli- (mW) | 5×10−3 | 7 dBm  | tech: laser in a CD-ROM drive
5–10×10−3 | 7 dBm to 10 dBm  | tech: laser in a DVD player
10−2 | centi- (cW)  | 7×10−2 | 18 dBm  | tech: antenna power in a typical consumer wireless router
10−1 | deci- (dW)  | 1.2×10−1 | 21 dBm  | astro: total proton decay power of Earth, assuming the half life of protons to take on the value 1035 years.[10][11]
5×10−1 | 27 dBm  | tech: maximum allowed carrier output power of an FRS radio

## 1 to 102 W

Factor (watts)  | SI prefix | Value (watts)  | Item

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100 | W | 1  | tech: cellphone camera light[12]
1.508  | astro: power per square metre received from the Sun at Neptune's aphelion[13]
2  | tech: maximum allowed carrier power output of a MURS radio
4  | tech: the power consumption of an incandescent night light
4  | tech: maximum allowed carrier power output of a 10-meter CB radio
7  | tech: the power consumption of a typical Light-emitting diode (LED) light bulb
8  | tech: human-powered equipment using a hand crank.[14]
101 | deca- (daW)  | 1.4 × 101 | tech: the power consumption of a typical household compact fluorescent light bulb
2–4 × 101 | biomed: approximate power consumption of the human brain[15]
3–4 × 101 | tech: the power consumption of a typical household fluorescent tube light
6 × 101 | tech: the power consumption of a typical household incandescent light bulb
102 | hecto- (hW)  | 1 × 102 | biomed: approximate basal metabolic rate of an adult human body[16]
1.2 × 102 | tech: electric power output of 1 m2 solar panel in full sunlight (approx. 12% efficiency), at sea level
1.3 × 102 | tech: peak power consumption of a Pentium 4 CPU
2 × 102 | tech: stationary bicycle average power output[17][18]
2.76 × 102 | astro: fusion power output of 1 cubic meter of volume of the Sun's core.[19]
2.9 × 102 | units: approximately 1000 BTU/hour
3 × 102 | tech: PC GPU Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 peak power consumption[20]
4 × 102 | tech: legal limit of power output of an amateur radio station in the United Kingdom
5 × 102 | biomed: power output (useful work plus heat) of a person working hard physically
7.457 × 102 | units: 1 horsepower[21]
7.5 × 102 | astro: approximately the amount of sunlight falling on a square metre of the Earth's surface at noon on a clear day in March for northern temperate latitudes
9.09 × 102 | biomed: peak output power of a healthy human (non-athlete) during a 30-second cycle sprint at 30.1 degree Celsius.[22]

## 103 to 108 W

103 | kilo- (kW) | 1–3 × 103 W  | tech: heat output of a domestic electric kettle

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1.1 × 103 W  | tech: power of a microwave oven
1.366 × 103 W  | astro: power per square metre received from the Sun at the Earth's orbit
1.5 × 103 W  | tech: legal limit of power output of an amateur radio station in the United States
up to 2 × 103 W  | biomed: approximate short-time power output of sprinting professional cyclists and weightlifters doing snatch lifts
2.4 × 103 W  | geo: average power consumption per person worldwide in 2008 (21,283 kWh/year)
3.3–6.6 × 103 W  | eco: average photosynthetic power output per square kilometer of ocean[23]
3.6 × 103 W  | tech: synchrotron radiation power lost per ring in the Large Hadron Collider at 7000 GeV[6]
104 |  | 1–5 × 104 W  | tech: nominal power of clear channel AM[24]
1.00 × 104 W  | eco: average power consumption per person in the United States in 2008 (87,216 kWh/year)
1.4 × 104 W  | tech: average power consumption of an electric car on EPA's Highway test schedule[25][26]
1.45 × 104 W  | astro: power per square metre received from the Sun at Mercury's orbit at perihelion
1.6–3.2 × 104 W  | eco: average photosynthetic power output per square kilometer of land[23]
3 × 104 W  | tech: power generated by the four motors of GEN H-4 one-man helicopter
4–20 × 104 W  | tech: approximate range of peak power output of typical automobiles (50-250 hp)
5–10 × 104 W  | tech: highest allowed ERP for an FM band radio station in the United States[27]
105 |  | 1.67 × 105 W  | tech: power consumption of UNIVAC 1 computer
2.5–8 × 105 W  | tech: approximate range of power output of 'supercars' (300 to 1000 hp)
4.5 × 105 W  | tech: approximate maximum power output of a large 18-wheeler truck engine (600 hp)
106 | mega- (MW) | 1.3 × 106 W  | tech: power output of P-51 Mustang fighter aircraft
2.0 × 106 W  | tech: peak power output of GE's standard wind turbine
2.4 × 106 W  | tech: peak power output of a Princess Coronation class steam locomotive (approx 3.3K EDHP on test) (1937)
2.5 × 106 W  | biomed: peak power output of a blue whale
3 × 106 W  | tech: mechanical power output of a diesel locomotive
4.4 × 106 W  | tech: total mechanical power output of Titanic's coal-fueled steam engines[28]
7 × 106 W  | tech: mechanical power output of a Top Fuel dragster
8 × 106 W  | tech: peak power output of the MHI Vestas V164, the world's largest offshore wind turbine
107 |  | 1 × 107 W  | tech: highest ERP allowed for an UHF television station
1.03 × 107 W  | geo: electrical power output of Togo
1.22 × 107 W  | tech: approx power available to a Eurostar 20-carriage train
1.6 × 107 W  | tech: rate at which a typical gasoline pump transfers chemical energy to a vehicle
2.6 × 107 W  | tech: peak power output of the reactor of a Los Angeles-class nuclear submarine
7.5 × 107 W  | tech: maximum power output of one GE90 jet engine as installed on the Boeing 777
108 |  | 1.4 × 108 W  | tech: average power consumption of a Boeing 747 passenger aircraft
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5 × 108 W  | tech: typical power output of a Fossil fuel power station
9 × 108 W  | tech: electric power output of a CANDU nuclear reactor
9.59 × 108 W  | geo: average electrical power consumption of Zimbabwe in 1998
9.86 × 108 W  | astro: approximate solar power received by the dwarf planet Sedna at its aphelion (937 AU)

The productive capacity of electrical generators operated by utility companies is often measured in MW. Few things can sustain the transfer or consumption of energy on this scale; some of these events or entities include: lightning strikes, naval craft (such as aircraft carriers and submarines), engineering hardware, and some scientific research equipment (such as supercolliders and large lasers).

For reference, about 10,000 100-watt lightbulbs or 5,000 computer systems would be needed to draw 1 MW. Also, 1 MW is approximately 1360 horsepower. Modern high-power diesel-electric locomotives typically have a peak power of 3–5 MW, while a typical modern nuclear power plant produces on the order of 500–2000 MW peak output.

## 109 to 1014 W

109 | giga- (GW) |

1.3 × 109

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2.074 × 109 | tech: peak power generation of Hoover Dam
2.1 × 109 | tech: peak power generation of Aswan Dam
3.4 × 109 | tech: estimated power consumption of the Bitcoin network in 2017[29]
4.116 × 109 | tech: installed capacity of Kendal Power Station, the world's largest coal-fired power plant.
1010 |  | 1.17 × 1010 | tech: power produced by the Space Shuttle in liftoff configuration (9.875 GW from the SRBs; 1.9875 GW from the SSMEs.)[30]
1.26 × 1010 | tech: electrical power generation of the Itaipu Dam
1.27 × 1010 | geo: average electrical power consumption of Norway in 1998
2.25 × 1010 | tech: peak electrical power generation of the Three Gorges Dam, the power plant with the world's largest generating capacity of any type.[31]
2.24 × 1010 | tech: peak power of all German solar panels (at noon on a cloudless day), researched by the Fraunhofer ISE research institute in 2014[32]
5.027 × 1010 | tech: peak electrical power consumption of California Independent System Operator users between 1998 and 2018, recorded at 14:44 Pacific Time, July 24, 2006.[33]
5.22 × 1010 | tech: China total nuclear power capacity as of 2022.[34]
5.5 × 1010 | tech: peak daily electrical power consumption of Great Britain in November 2008.[35]
7.31 × 1010 | tech: total installed power capacity of Turkey on December 31, 2015.[36]
9.55 × 1010 | tech: United States total nuclear power capacity as of 2022.[34]
1011 |  | 1.016 × 1011 | tech: peak electrical power consumption of France (February 8, 2012 at 7:00 pm)
1.12 × 1011 | tech: United States total installed solar capacity as of 2022.[37]
1.41 × 1011 | tech: United States total wind turbine capacity in 2022.[37]
1.66 × 1011 | tech: average power consumption of the first stage of the Saturn V rocket.[38][39]
3.66 × 1011 | tech: China total wind turbine capacity in 2022.[37]
3.92 × 1011 | tech: China total installed solar capacity as of 2022.[37]
7 × 1011 | biomed: humankind basal metabolic rate as of 2013 (7 billion people).
8.99 × 1011 | tech: worldwide wind turbine capacity at end of 2022.[37]
1012 | tera- (TW) | 1.062 × 1012 | tech: worldwide installed solar capacity at end of 2022.[37]
2 × 1012 | astro: approximate power generated between the surfaces of Jupiter and its moon Io due to Jupiter's tremendous magnetic field.[40]
3.34 × 1012 | geo: average total (gas, electricity, etc.) power consumption of the US in 2005[41]
1013 |  | 2.04 × 1013 | tech: average rate of power consumption of humanity over 2022.[42]
4.7 × 1013 | geo: average total heat flow at Earth's surface which originates from its interior.[43] Main sources are roughly equal amounts of radioactive decay and residual heat from Earth's formation.[44]
5–20 × 1013 | weather: rate of heat energy release by a hurricane[citation needed]
1014 |  | 1.4 × 1014 | eco: global net primary production (= biomass production) via photosynthesis[45]
2.9 × 1014 | tech: the power the Z machine reaches in 1 billionth of a second when it is fired[citation needed]
3 × 1014 | weather: Hurricane Katrina's rate of release of latent heat energy into the air.[46]
3 × 1014 | tech: power reached by the extremely high-power Hercules laser from the University of Michigan.[citation needed]
4.6 × 1014 | geo: estimated rate of net global heating, evaluated as Earth's energy imbalance, from 2005 to 2019.[47][48] The rate of ocean heat uptake approximately doubled over this period.[49]

## 1015 to 1026 W

1015 | peta- | ~2 × 1.00 × 1015 W | tech: Omega EP laser power at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics. There are two separate beams that are combined.

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1.4 × 1015 W  | geo: estimated heat flux transported by the Gulf Stream.
5 × 1015 W  | geo: estimated net heat flux transported from Earth's equator and towards each pole. Value is a latitudinal maximum arising near 40° in each hemisphere.[50][51]
7 × 1015 W  | tech: worlds most powerful laser in operation (claimed on February 7, 2019, by Extreme Light Infrastructure – Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP) at Magurele, Romania)[52]
1016 |  | 1.03 × 1016 W  | tech: world's most powerful laser pulses (claimed on October 24, 2017, by SULF of Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics).[53]
1–10 × 1016 W  | tech: estimated total power output of a Type-I civilization on the Kardashev scale.[54]
1017 |  | 1.73 × 1017 W  | astro: total power received by Earth from the Sun[55]
2 × 1017 W  | tech: planned peak power of Extreme Light Infrastructure laser[56]
4.6 × 1017 W  | astro: total internal heat flux of Jupiter[57]
1018 | exa- (EW) | In a keynote presentation, NIF & Photon Science Chief Technology Officer Chris Barty described the "Nexawatt" Laser, an exawatt (1,000-petawatt) laser concept based on NIF technologies, on April 13 at the SPIE Optics + Optoelectronics 2015 Conference in Prague. Barty also gave an invited talk on "Laser-Based Nuclear Photonics" at the SPIE meeting.[58]
1021 | zetta- (ZW) |  |
1022 |  | 5.31 × 1022 W  | astro: approximate luminosity of 2MASS J0523−1403, the least luminous star known.[59]
1023 |  | 4.08 × 1023 W  | astro: approximate luminosity of Wolf 359
1024 | yotta- (YW) | 5.3 × 1024 W  | tech: estimated power of the Tsar Bomba hydrogen bomb detonation[60]
9.8 × 1024 W  | astro: approximate luminosity of Sirius b, Sirius's white dwarf companion.[61][62]
1026 |  | 1 × 1026 W  | tech: power generating capacity of a Type-II civilization on the Kardashev scale.[54]
3.828 × 1026 W  | astro: luminosity of the Sun[63]
7.67 × 1026 W  | astro: approximate luminosity of Alpha Centauri, the closest (triple) star system.[64]
1027 |  | 9.77 × 1027 W  | astro: approximate luminosity of Sirius, the visibly brightest star as viewed from Earth.[65]
1028 |  | 6.51 × 1028 W  | astro: approximate luminosity of Arcturus, a solar-mass red giant[66]

## Over 1027 W

1030 | quetta- (QW) | 1.99 × 1030 W  | astro: peak luminosity of the Sun in its thermally-pulsing, late AGB phase (≈5200x present)[67]

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4.1 × 1030 W  | astro: approximate luminosity of Canopus[68]
1031 |  | 2.53 × 1031 W  | astro: approximate luminosity of the Beta Centauri triple star system[69]
1032 |  | 1.23 × 1032 W  | astro: approximate luminosity of Deneb
1033 | Quetkilo- (QkW)  | 1.79 × 1033 W  | astro: approximate luminosity of R136a1[70]
2.1 × 1033 W  | astro: approximate luminosity of the Eta Carinae system[71]
1034 |  | 4 × 1034 W  | tech: approximate power used by a type III civilization in the Kardashev scale.[54]
1036 | Quetmega- (QMW)  | 5.7 × 1036 W  | astro: approximate luminosity of the Milky Way galaxy[72][73]
1037 |  | 4 × 1037 W  | astro: approximate internal luminosity of the Sun for a few seconds as it undergoes a helium flash.[74][75]
1038 |  | 2.2 × 1038 W  | astro: approximate luminosity of the extremely luminous supernova ASASSN-15lh[76][77]
1039 | Quetgiga- (QGW)  | 1 × 1039 W  | astro: average luminosity of a quasar
1.57 × 1039 W  | astro: approximate luminosity of 3C273, the brightest quasar seen from Earth[78]
1040 |  | 5 × 1040 W  | astro: approximate peak luminosity of the energetic fast blue optical transient CSS161010[79]
1041 |  | 1 × 1041 W  | astro: approximate luminosity of the most luminous quasars in our universe, e.g., APM 08279+5255 and HS 1946+7658.[80]
1042 | Quettera- (QTW)  | 1.7 × 1042 W  | astro: approximate luminosity of the Laniakea Supercluster[81][82]
3 × 1042 W  | astro: approximate luminosity of an average gamma-ray burst[83]
1043 |  | 2.2 × 1043 W  | astro: average stellar luminosity in one cubic gigalight-year of space
1045 | Quetpeta- (QPW)  |  |
1046 |  | 1 × 1046 W  | astro: record for maximum beaming-corrected intrinsic luminosity ever achieved by a gamma-ray burst[84]
1047 |  | 7.519 × 1047 W  | phys: Hawking radiation luminosity of a Planck mass black hole[85]
1048 | Quetexa- (QEW)  | 9.5 × 1048 W  | astro: luminosity of the entire Observable universe[86] ≈ 24.6 billion trillion solar luminosity.
1049 |  | 3.6 × 1049 W  | astro: peak gravitational wave radiative power of GW150914, the merger event of two distant stellar-mass black holes. It is attributed to the first observation of gravitational waves.[87]
1052 |  | 3.63 × 1052 W  | phys: the unit of power as expressed under the Planck units,[note 1] at which the definition of power under modern conceptualizations of physics breaks down. Equivalent to one Planck mass-energy per Planck time.

## See also

* Orders of magnitude (energy)
* Orders of magnitude (voltage)
* World energy resources and consumption
* International System of Units (SI)
* SI prefix

## Notes

1. ↑ c5G

## References

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62. ↑ Calculated: L = Stefan-Boltzmann constant × (Sirius b surface temperature)^4 × 4pi × (radius)^2 = 5.67e-8 × 25200^4 × 4pi × (5.84e+6)^2 = 9.8e+24 W.
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73. ↑ Calculated: 1.5e+10 L_sol * 3.828e+26 W/L_sol = 5.7e+36 W
74. ↑ Deupree, Robert G.; Wallace, Richard K. (1987-06-01). "The Core Helium Flash and Surface Abundance Anomalies". The Astrophysical Journal 317: 724. doi:10.1086/165319. ISSN 0004-637X. Bibcode: 1987ApJ...317..724D. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1987ApJ...317..724D.
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78. ↑ Calculated as: Solar luminosity × 10^(0.4 × (Sun absolute magnitude - 3C 273 absolute magnitude)) = 3.828e+26 × 10^(0.4 × (4.83 - (- 26.73))) = 3.828e+26 × 4.1e+12 = 1.57e+39 W.
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82. ↑ Calculated. Estimated assuming Laniakea to be a sphere 160 Mpc in diameter, according to p.4 of cited paper: Observable universe luminosity × (Laniakea Supercluster diameter / Observable universe diameter)^3 = 9.466e+48 W × (160 Mpc / 28.5 Gpc)^3 = 1.675e+42 ≈ 1.7e+42 W.
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85. ↑ Calculated: +{{"BlackHoleHawkingRadiationPower",+"P"},+{"BlackHoleHawkingRadiationPower",+"M"}}&assumption={"F",+"BlackHoleHawkingRadiationPower",+"M"}+->"planck+mass"">https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=hawking+radiation+calculate&assumption={"FS"}+->+{{"BlackHoleHawkingRadiationPower",+"P"},+{"BlackHoleHawkingRadiationPower",+"M"}}&assumption={"F",+"BlackHoleHawkingRadiationPower",+"M"}+->"planck+mass"
86. ↑ Calculated. Assuming isotropicity in composition and identical age since Big Bang within cosmological horizon, expressed as: Ordinary [baryonic] mass of observable universe / Ordinary mass of Milky Way × Luminosity of Milky Way. L_total = 1.5e+53 kg / 4.6e+10 M_sol * 1.5e+10 L_sol = 9.466e+48 W ≈ 9.5e+48 W.
87. ↑ "Error: no `|title=` specified when using {{Cite web}}". https://www.ligo.org/detections/GW150914/fact-sheet.pdf.Error:+no+`|title=`+specified when+using+{{[[Template:Cite+web|Cite+web]]}}[[Category:Articles+with+incorrect+citation+syntax|Orders+of+magnitude+(power)]]&rft.atitle=&rft_id=https://www.ligo.org/detections/GW150914/fact-sheet.pdf&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikibooks.org:Orders_of_magnitude_(power)">

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* Fermi problem
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* Earth's location in the Universe
* "Cosmic View" (1957 essay)
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