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When limited to 5 watts, the Ryzen HX 370 works pretty darn well. In some low-power user cases, my GPD Pocket 4 is more power efficient than my M3 MBA.
by mycall 1y ago
When limited to 5 watts, the Ryzen HX 370 works pretty darn well. In some low-power user cases, my GPD Pocket 4 is more power efficient than my M3 MBA.
- aurareturn 1y agoWe are going to need to see some numbers for your claim. That’s not believable.
- ZiiS 1y agoA 8.8" screen takes a lot less power.
- aurareturn 1y agoWhen you say efficiency, I assume you’re factoring in performance of the device as well? Maybe run Geekbench 6 and see.
- ZiiS 1y agoI am not the original commenter; but they said "low-power user cases" i.e. very much not when running Geekbench; rather when it is near idle.
- mycall 1y agoFor my use case, I plug in a external SSD drive, setup an MP3 playlist, close the lid then put the computer into my backpack for low wattage listening. The M3 MBA uses about 50% more power than the P4 under this use case (usbc watt meter shows this).
- aurareturn 1y agoFYI, AMD chips are notoriously bad at idle.
- mmcnl 1y agoHow about single-core performance?
- happymellon 1y agoWe will need some citations on that as the GPD Pocket 4 isn't even the most power efficient pocket pc. Closest I've seen is an uncited Reddit thread talking about usb c charging draw when running a task, conflating it with power usage.
- mycall 1y agoWhen the computers are at 100% charge, the usbc watt meter between device and charging brick is power draw.