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A related issue exists with M1/M2 Pro and Max chips in their laptops. They do not overheat (unless you're in a hot environment) since they have fans and seem to

by api 3y ago

A related issue exists with M1/M2 Pro and Max chips in their laptops. They do not overheat (unless you're in a hot environment) since they have fans and seem to have included enough cooling for these chips, but you do not get the miraculous battery life with these that you do with the lighter versions. I guess they made the chip and RAM a lot bigger but didn't make the battery much bigger. The battery life is still decent (4-8 hours depending on work load) but not amazing.

d3nj4l 3y ago
You should investigate your battery life. I have an M1 Pro (14" even) and I consistently get 10-12 hours on a fairly heavy developer workflow.
- nottorp 3y ago
  On a laptop it's probably some out of control javascript taking a few cores to 100%. But on a phone it should throttle?
- api 3y ago
  Hmm, yeah I'll look. I have 64GiB of RAM so I suspect that. RAM cannot be powered down so that's all hot ceramic that must be refreshed all the time.
highwaylights 3y ago
You'll pry my base model M1 Air from my cold dead hands. Yes it only has 8GB memory I don't care.
rootusrootus 3y ago
That sounds like a bug. I have an M2 Max and battery life is excellent. Maybe not as good as my M1, but not far off. But it's a lot more powerful, so if I ask it to do resource intensive activities it can definitely drain the battery in a hurry. Running LLMs, in particular, is devastating for battery life.