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Re:A startup’s cooling chip may surge processor power by xxs on Friday December 09, 2022 @04:58AM (#33919583)
not at all: higher performance equals higher freq, which requires higher voltage. Power scales w/ frequency linearly and the with the voltage squared. Then any active cooling will have its own power consumption.

Best battery/power savings are achieved running as low as possible voltage for as high as possible frequency. At such voltages the CPUs/APUs are less likely to throttle to begin with.

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