Hardware Power Consumption

The cluster focuses on discussions comparing power draw, idle vs. peak consumption, and energy efficiency of CPUs, mini PCs, laptops, and alternatives like Raspberry Pi across various hardware.

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schoen Dec 4, 2019 View on HN

Surely it's at least a different power bill on modern hardware depending on what the hardware is computing, right?

benbristow Dec 2, 2019 View on HN

Have you checked power consumption? Might be an excuse to switch!

nezza-_- May 7, 2017 View on HN

Is there a power consumption comparison?

skykooler Oct 26, 2016 View on HN

"270W of Integrated Computing Power" - that's nothing, my old Celeron was 300 watts!

cramjabsyn Oct 9, 2023 View on HN

They run laptop components so try more like 5-15W normally

avereveard Oct 13, 2022 View on HN

Idle power draw is not the same as peak power draw either, these arent 'nineties chips.

jhrmnn Jun 7, 2024 View on HN

In general, how does CPU utilization correlate with CPU power draw?

Shikadi Dec 3, 2025 View on HN

75w is nuts actually. I measured my _desktop_ setup about 10 years ago including two monitors and idle was around 35w. It also doesn't make sense to include idle of all peripherals since you would be using them for chatgpt as well.

vbernat Jul 23, 2021 View on HN

For something running at 5-6W while idle, this is not a small difference.

sxates Nov 11, 2021 View on HN

Has anyone found info on power consumption? Still 100+ W?