The amount of stored energy of cold work for the processing routes A and B, of Equal Channel Angular Extrusion (ECAE) process has been measured using differential scanning calorimetry. The study is preceded by the effect of amount of ECAE deformation on materials of different stacking fault energies, namely Cu and Ag. The results indicate that the different processing routes have significant effect on the stored energy, which is likely to affect the grain refinement process.