Comparing the mobile 7840U[0] to the M2 Mac Mini[1] suggests it's kinda a wash. Both idle around 6-7w, and under load they both max out around 50w. There are d

Comparing the mobile 7840U[0] to the M2 Mac Mini[1] suggests it's kinda a wash. Both idle around 6-7w, and under load they both max out around 50w. There are definitely less efficient chips you could bring into the comparison fold, but the M2 is a mobile chipset. You need another mobile chip if you want to draw more interesting power consumption comparisons. [0] https://www.notebookcheck.net/Framework-Laptop-13-5-Ryzen-7-7840U-review-So-much-better-than-the-Intel-version.756613.0.html#toc-6 https://www.notebookcheck.net/Framework-Laptop-13-5-Ryzen-7-... [1] https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201897 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201897