EDEN-ConvNeXtV2-CIFAR-100 — SOTA Optimized

Primary KPI: EAG (Energy-to-Accuracy Gradient) = -1.3698e-09 ΔAcc/ΔJoules

Abstract

This model is part of Project EDEN (Energy-Driven Evolution of Networks), implementing the E2AM (Energy Efficient Advanced Model) Framework. The goal is to shift AI benchmarking from pure accuracy to Green SOTA — maximising predictive power per Joule consumed.

Applied Technique: Phase 2 – Progressive Unfreezing + AMP (E2AM SOTA)

Profiling Environment

Component	Specification
GPU	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (11 GB VRAM, 250 W TDP)
CPU	Intel Xeon W-2125 (4 cores / 8 threads @ 4.00 GHz)
RAM	63.66 GB System RAM
OS	Windows 10
Dataset	CIFAR-100 — 60,000 images – 100 classes (32×32 px)

🟢 Green Delta Table

Comparing this model against the reference baseline (ResNet-50 equivalent)

Metric	ResNet50 Baseline	ConvNeXtV2 (EDEN)	Δ
Accuracy	0.9492	0.9871	+3.79%
Total Energy (J)	40,102,666	12,433,449	69.00% saved
CO₂ Emissions (kg)	5.2913	1.6405	—
EAG Score	—	-1.3698e-09	ΔAcc/ΔJoules

A positive EAG means this model learns more per Joule than the baseline. A negative EAG indicates a trade-off where higher accuracy required more energy investment.

E2AM Algorithm — Applied Phases

Phase 1 – Zero-Overhead Initialization: Dataset pre-loaded into pinned System RAM to eliminate disk I/O power spikes.

Phase 2 – Progressive Unfreezing: Backbone frozen for the first E_unfreeze epochs (only the classification head trains). At E_unfreeze, all layers are unfrozen and the learning rate is decayed. Gradient accumulation over N micro-batches simulates large batch sizes without proportional VRAM cost, slashing power-draw spikes.

AMP (Automated Mixed Precision): torch.cuda.amp.autocast() halves GPU memory bandwidth, reducing energy per backward pass.

Sparse Regularisation: L1 penalty λ·Σ|W| applied to trainable weights, driving dead neurons to zero and enabling future pruning.

Training Statistics

Metric	Value
Final Accuracy	0.9871 (98.71%)
Total Energy Consumed	12,433,449 J (3.4537 kWh)
Training Time	19,133 s (5.31 hrs)
Estimated CO₂	1.6405 kg CO₂e
Training Log	test1\eden_unfrozen_cifar100_convnext.csv

📊 Training Visualizations

Accuracy & Energy over Training

Green = accuracy (left axis) · Orange dashed = cumulative energy (right axis)

EAG Metric Trajectory

EAG = ΔAccuracy / ΔJoules — positive means learning more per Joule than baseline

Project-Wide Overview

All EDEN models: energy vs accuracy

Cite This Research

@misc{eden2025,
  title     = {Project EDEN: Energy-Driven Evolution of Networks},
  author    = {EDEN Research Team},
  year      = {2025},
  note      = {Hugging Face: Shanmuk4622},
  url       = {https://huggingface.co/Shanmuk4622}
}