Orders of magnitude (power)

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:More citations needed 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.

Below 1 W

Factor (watts)	SI prefix	Value (watts)	Value (decibel-milliwatts)	Item
10−50		5.4 × 10−50	−463 dBm	astro: Hawking radiation power of the ultramassive black hole TON 618.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Calculated using M_BH = 4.07e+10 M_sol.</ref>
10−27Template:Anchor	ronto- (rW)	1.64Template:E	−238 dBm	phys: approximate power of gravitational radiation emitted by a 1000 kg satellite in geosynchronous orbit around the Earth.
10−24Template:Anchor	yocto- (yW)	1Template:E	−210 dBm
10−21Template:Anchor	Template:Nowrap	1Template:E	−180 dBm	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
10−20		1Template:E	−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.
10−18Template:Anchor	atto- (aW)	1Template:E	−150 dBm	phys: approximate power scale at which operation of nanoelectromechanical systems are overwhelmed by thermal fluctuations.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
10−16		1Template:E	−130 dBm	tech: the GPS signal strength measured at the surface of the Earth.Template:Clarify<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }} (This article was originally published as Los Alamos research paper LAUR-03-6163)</ref>
10−16		2Template:E	−127 dBm	biomed: approximate theoretical minimum luminosity detectable by the human eye under perfect conditions
10−15Template:Anchor	femto- (fW)	2.5Template:E	−116 dBm	tech: minimum discernible signal at the antenna terminal of a good FM radio receiver
10−14		1Template:E	−110 dBm	tech: approximate lower limit of power reception on digital spread-spectrum cell phones
10−12Template:Anchor	pico- (pW)	1Template:E	−90 dBm	biomed: average power consumption of a human cell
10−11		1.84Template:E	−77 dBm	phys: power lost in the form of synchrotron radiation by a proton revolving in the Large Hadron Collider at 7000 GeV<ref name="LHC">CERN. Beam Parameters and Definitions". Table 2.2. Retrieved September 13, 2008</ref>
		2.9Template:E	−72 dBm	astro: power per square meter received from Proxima Centauri, the closest star known
10−10		1Template:E	−68 dBm	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>10 M_sol BH Hawking radiation power: https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=hawking+radiation+calculate&assumption=%7B%22FS%22%7D+-%3E+%7B%7B%22BlackHoleHawkingRadiationPower%22%2C+%22P%22%7D%2C+%7B%22BlackHoleHawkingRadiationPower%22%2C+%22M%22%7D%7D&assumption=%7B%22F%22%2C+%22BlackHoleHawkingRadiationPower%22%2C+%22M%22%7D+-%3E%2210*solar+mass%22</ref><ref>Fermi estimate: Mass of observable universe / mass of Milky Way ≈ 1e+12. Number of stars in the Milky Way ≈ 1e+11. Proportion of stars that evolve into a black hole ≈ 1e-3. Hawking radiation power of a 10 Solar mass black hole: ≈ 1e-30 W. 12 + 11 - 3 - 30 = 23 - 30 = –10.</ref>
		1.5Template:E	−68 dBm	biomed: power entering a human eye from a 100-watt lamp 1 km away
10−9Template:Anchor	nano- (nW)	2–15Template:E	−57 dBm to −48 dBm	tech: power consumption of 8-bit PIC microcontroller chips when in "sleep" mode
10−6Template:Anchor	micro- (μW)	1Template:E	−30 dBm	tech: approximate consumption of a quartz or mechanical wristwatch
		3Template:E	−25 dBm	astro: cosmic microwave background radiation per square meter
10−5		5Template:E	−13 dBm	biomed: sound power incident on a human eardrum at the threshold intensity for pain (500 mW/m2).
10−3Template:Anchor	milli- (mW)	1.55Template:E	−4.7 dBm	astro: power per square meter received from the Sun by Sedna at its aphelion
		5Template:E	7 dBm	tech: laser in a CD-ROM drive
		5–10Template:E	7 dBm to 10 dBm	tech: laser in a DVD player
10−2Template:Anchor	centi- (cW)	7Template:E	18 dBm	tech: antenna power in a typical consumer wireless router
10−1Template:Anchor	deci- (dW)	1.2Template:E	21 dBm	astro: total proton decay power of Earth, assuming the half life of protons to take on the value 1035 years.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Calculated: https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=earth+mass%2Fproton+mass*ln2%2F%281e35+year%29*proton+mass*c%5E2</ref>
		5Template:E	27 dBm	tech: maximum allowed carrier output power of an FRS radio

1 to 10² W

Factor (watts)	SI prefix	Value (watts)	Item
100	W	1	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		1.508	astro: power per square metre received from the Sun at Neptune's aphelion<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		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.<ref>dtic.mil – harvesting energy with hand-crank generators to support dismounted soldier missions, 2004-12-xx</ref>
101Template:Anchor	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<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		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
102Template:Anchor	hecto- (hW)	1 × 102	biomed: approximate basal metabolic rate of an adult human body<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		1.2 × 102	tech: electric power output of Template:Nowrap 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<ref>alternative-energy-news.info – The Pedal-A-Watt Stationary Bicycle Generator, January 11, 2010</ref><ref>econvergence.net – The Pedal-A-Watt Bicycle Generator Stand Buy one or build with detailed plans., 2012</ref>
		2.76 × 102	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		2.9 × 102	units: approximately 1000 BTU/hour
		3 × 102	tech: PC GPU Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 peak power consumption<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		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
		Template:Nowrap	units: 1 horsepower<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
		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.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

10³ to 10⁸ W

103Template:Anchor	kilo- (kW)	1–3 × 103 W	tech: heat output of a domestic electric kettle
		1.1 × 103 W	tech: power of a microwave oven
		1.366 × 103 W	astro: power per square meter 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<ref name="fao.org">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		3.6 × 103 W	tech: synchrotron radiation power lost per ring in the Large Hadron Collider at 7000 GeV<ref name="LHC"/>
104		1–5 × 104 W	tech: nominal power of clear channel AM<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		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<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		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<ref name="fao.org"/>
		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<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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)
106Template:Anchor	mega- (MW)	1.3 × 106 W	tech: power output of P-51 Mustang fighter aircraft
		1.9 × 106 W	astro: power per square meter potentially received by Earth at the peak of the Sun's red giant phase
		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 whaleTemplate:Citation needed
		3 × 106 W	tech: mechanical power output of a diesel locomotive
		4.4 × 106 W	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		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
		1.5 × 107 W	tech: electrical power consumption of Sunway TaihuLight, the most powerful supercomputer in China
		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		1.04 × 108 W	tech: power producing capacity of the Niagara Power Plant, the first electrical power plant in history
		1.4 × 108 W	tech: average power consumption of a Boeing 747 passenger aircraft
		1.9 × 108 W	tech: peak power output of a Template:Sclass
		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

109Template:Anchor	giga- (GW)	1.3 × 109	tech: electric power output of Manitoba Hydro Limestone hydroelectric generating station
		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<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
		4.116 × 109	tech: installed capacity of Kendal Power Station, the world's largest coal-fired power plant.
		5.824 × 109	tech: installed capacity of the Taichung Power Plant, the largest coal-fired power plant in Taiwan and fourth largest of its kind. It was the single most polluting power plant on Earth in 2009.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>See bottom half of Table 2: "Top ten polluting power plants in 2018 and 2009"</ref>
		7.965 × 109	tech: installed capacity of the largest nuclear power plant, the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant, before it was permanently shut down in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
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.)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		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<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		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.<ref name="caiso">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		5.22 × 1010	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		5.5 × 1010	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		7.31 × 1010	tech: total installed power capacity of Turkey on December 31, 2015.<ref name="TEIAS">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		9.55 × 1010	tech: United States total nuclear power capacity as of 2022.<ref name=":0" />
1011		Template:Nowrap	tech: peak electrical power consumption of France (February 8, 2012 at 7:00 pm)
		1.12 × 1011	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		1.41 × 1011	tech: United States total wind turbine capacity in 2022.<ref name=":1" />
		1.66 × 1011	tech: average power consumption of the first stage of the Saturn V rocket.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="Calculated">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		3.66 × 1011	tech: China total wind turbine capacity in 2022.<ref name=":1" />
		3.92 × 1011	tech: China total installed solar capacity as of 2022.<ref name=":1" />
		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.<ref name=":1" />
1012Template:Anchor	tera- (TW)	1.062 × 1012	tech: worldwide installed solar capacity at end of 2022.<ref name=":1" />
		2 × 1012	astro: approximate power generated between the surfaces of Jupiter and its moon Io due to Jupiter's tremendous magnetic field.<ref>[1] Template:Webarchive – Nasa: Listening to shortwave radio signals from Jupiter</ref>
		3.34 × 1012	geo: average total (gas, electricity, etc.) power consumption of the US in 2005<ref>U.S energy consumption by source, 1949–2005, Energy Information Administration. Retrieved May 25, 2007</ref>
1013		2.04 × 1013	tech: average rate of power consumption of humanity over 2022.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
		4.7 × 1013	geo: average total heat flow at Earth's surface which originates from its interior.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> Main sources are roughly equal amounts of radioactive decay and residual heat from Earth's formation.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
		8.8 × 1013	astro: luminosity per square meter of the hottest normal star known, WR 102
		5–20 × 1013	weather: rate of heat energy release by a hurricaneTemplate:Citation needed
1014		1.4 × 1014	eco: global net primary production (= biomass production) via photosynthesis<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		2.9 × 1014	tech: the power the Z machine reaches in 1 billionth of a second when it is firedTemplate:Citation needed
		3 × 1014	weather: Hurricane Katrina's rate of release of latent heat energy into the air.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		3 × 1014	tech: power reached by the extremely high-power Hercules laser from the University of Michigan.Template:Citation needed
		4.6 × 1014	geo: estimated rate of net global heating, evaluated as Earth's energy imbalance, from 2005 to 2019.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> The rate of ocean heat uptake approximately doubled over this period.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

10¹⁵ to 10²⁶ W

1015Template:Anchor	peta-	Template:Nowrap	tech: Omega EP laser power at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics. There are two separate beams that are combined.
		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.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
		7 × 1015 W	tech: the world's most powerful laser in operation (claimed on February 7, 2019, by Extreme Light Infrastructure – Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP) at Magurele, Romania)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		1–10 × 1016 W	tech: estimated total power output of a Type-I civilization on the Kardashev scale.<ref name="lemar">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1017		1.73 × 1017 W	astro: total power received by Earth from the Sun<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		2 × 1017 W	tech: planned peak power of Extreme Light Infrastructure laser<ref>eli-beams.eu: Lasers Template:Webarchive</ref>
		4.6 × 1017 W	astro: total internal heat flux of Jupiter<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1018Template:Anchor	exa- (EW)		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1021Template:Anchor	zetta- (ZW)
1022		5.31 × 1022 W	astro: approximate luminosity of 2MASS J0523−1403, the least luminous star known.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1023		4.08 × 1023 W	astro: approximate luminosity of Wolf 359
1024Template:Anchor	yotta- (YW)	5.3 × 1024 W	tech: estimated peak power of the Tsar Bomba hydrogen bomb detonation<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		9.8 × 1024 W	astro: approximate luminosity of Sirius B, Sirius's white dwarf companion.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>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.</ref>
1026		1 × 1026 W	tech: power generating capacity of a Type-II civilization on the Kardashev scale.<ref name="lemar" />
		1.87 × 1026 W	astro: approximate luminosity of Tau Ceti, the nearest solitary G-type star.
		3.828 × 1026 W	astro: luminosity of the Sun,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> our home star
		7.67 × 1026 W	astro: approximate luminosity of Alpha Centauri, the closest (triple) star system.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1027	ronna- (RW)	9.77 × 1027 W	astro: approximate luminosity of Sirius, the visibly brightest star as viewed from Earth.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1028		6.51 × 1028 W	astro: approximate luminosity of Arcturus, a solar-mass red giant<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

Over 10²⁷ W

1030Template:Anchor	quetta- (QW)	1.99 × 1030 W	astro: peak luminosity of the Sun in its thermally-pulsing, late AGB phase (≈5200x present)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
		4.1 × 1030 W	astro: approximate luminosity of Canopus<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1031		2.53 × 1031 W	astro: approximate luminosity of the Beta Centauri triple star system<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
		3.3 × 1031 W	astro: approximate luminosity of Betelgeuse, a highly-evolved red supergiant
1032		1.23 × 1032 W	astro: approximate luminosity of Deneb
1033Template:Anchor		1.26 × 1033 W	astro: approximate luminosity of the Pistol Star, an LBV which emits in 10 seconds the Sun's annual energy output
		1.79 × 1033 W	astro: approximate luminosity of R136a1,<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> a massive Wolf-Rayet star and the most luminous single star known
		2.1 × 1033 W	astro: approximate luminosity of the Eta Carinae system,<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> a highly elliptical binary of two supergiant blue stars orbiting each other
1034		4 × 1034 W	tech: approximate power used by a type III civilization in the Kardashev scale.<ref name="lemar" />
1036Template:Anchor		5.7 × 1036 W	astro: approximate luminosity of the Milky Way galaxy<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Calculated: 1.5e+10 L_sol * 3.828e+26 W/L_sol = 5.7e+36 W</ref>
1037		2 × 1037 W	astro: approximate luminosity of the Local Group, the volume enclosed by our gravitational cosmic horizon<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Estimated to have an absolute magnitude of -22.</ref>
		4 × 1037 W	astro: approximate internal luminosity of the Sun for a few seconds as it undergoes a helium flash.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Peak helium flash luminosity ≈ 100 billion times normal energy production.</ref>
1038		2.2 × 1038 W	astro: approximate luminosity of the extremely luminous supernova ASASSN-15lh<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1039Template:Anchor		1 × 1039 W	astro: average luminosity of a quasar
		1.57 × 1039 W	astro: approximate luminosity of 3C273, the brightest quasar seen from Earth<ref>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.</ref>
1040		5 × 1040 W	astro: approximate peak luminosity of the energetic fast blue optical transient CSS161010<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1041		1 × 1041 W	astro: approximate luminosity of the most luminous quasars in our universe, e.g., APM 08279+5255 and HS 1946+7658.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1042Template:Anchor		1.7 × 1042 W	astro: approximate luminosity of the Laniakea Supercluster<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>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.</ref>
		3 × 1042 W	astro: approximate luminosity of an average gamma-ray burst<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1043		2.2 × 1043 W	astro: average stellar luminosity in one cubic gigalight-year of space
1045Template:Anchor
1046		1 × 1046 W	astro: record for maximum beaming-corrected intrinsic luminosity ever achieved by a gamma-ray burst (GRB 110918A)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1047		7.519 × 1047 W	phys: Hawking radiation luminosity of a Planck mass black hole<ref>Calculated: https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=hawking+radiation+calculate&assumption=%7B%22FS%22%7D+-%3E+%7B%7B%22BlackHoleHawkingRadiationPower%22%2C+%22P%22%7D%2C+%7B%22BlackHoleHawkingRadiationPower%22%2C+%22M%22%7D%7D&assumption=%7B%22F%22%2C+%22BlackHoleHawkingRadiationPower%22%2C+%22M%22%7D+-%3E%22planck+mass%22</ref>
1048Template:Anchor		9.5 × 1048 W	astro: luminosity of the entire Observable universe<ref>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.</ref> ≈ 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1052		3.63 × 1052 W	phys: the unit of power as expressed under the Planck units,<ref group="note"><math>\frac{c^5}{G}</math></ref> 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