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Re:Ask HN: What does one look for in a laptop these days? by ksec on Saturday October 16, 2021 @01:13PM (#28889399)
The M1 is an SoC with CPU + GPU + NPU + NAND Controller and many others, being used in a Fanless condition under 10W on MacBook Air.

>Official data for the "situational" consumptions are a bit harder to find.

A single HP Core uses ~4W at peak. It's performance per watt is quite far ahead than anything in x86 at the moment. Intel AlderLake might help a bit. But will still be behind in pref / watt.

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Re:Ask HN: What does one look for in a laptop these days? by mdp2021 on Saturday October 16, 2021 @01:31PM (#28889578)
This system for example, according to `powerstat`, seems to work at around 3.5W, with minimum values below 3W and maximum around 7.5W.

It would be interesting to get a "powerstat database" of different systems for comparison.

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