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The 37 W is only the short-term power, sustainable for a few seconds, perhaps for a half of minute. Lunar Lake is optimized for a steady-state package power of
by adrian_b 2y ago
The 37 W is only the short-term power, sustainable for a few seconds, perhaps for a half of minute.
Lunar Lake is optimized for a steady-state package power of 17 W and it is likely that most devices with it will use this value as the default power limit.
The 17 W power limit has been essential in determining the characteristics of Lunar Lake.
A CPU designed for 37 W would have looked very different, by being similar to AMD Strix Point (which is optimized for 28 W or more), i.e. by having more CPU cores, a beefier GPU and more PCIe lanes and other peripheral interfaces.