• abhibeckert@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    The M1 is around 25% more efficient than the M2.

    No that’s not right. The M2 is far more efficient. Third party tests report he M2 MacBook Air lasts up to 3 hours longer than the M1.

    Yes, it draws more power under peak load… but it more than makes up for that with better performance allowing it to return to an idle state more quickly. Give an M1 and an M2 the same task, and the M2 will draw less power to get the task done.

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      1 year ago

      Your original discussion with @lemillionsocks@beehaw.org, was about power usage while gaming, and the corresponding worst-case battery life. I was referring to this as efficiency.

      I understand now that the term was misleading The M1 is 25% more frugal than the M2 under worst-case load.