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submitted 3 months ago by Varven to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I switched to AMD largely for better battery performance, but this mades me feel like I dodged a bullet.

[–] papalonian 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Just out of curiosity, when you say better battery performance, what kind of battery are we talking about? Is this in a laptop, a desktop on some sort of remote/ backup system?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Laptop.

[–] papalonian 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I see, so is it a known thing that AMD CPU laptops generally have better battery life? I always see arguments for one CPU/GPU over another because of better power consumption, but I've never been in a position where I needed to worry much about it, so I've never looked much into the claims.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Seemed that way when I was shopping last, but that was over a year ago so I can't cite sources. Supposedly their low mode uses less power and runs faster than Intel's. I can't confirm the faster part but it definitely lasts longer on battery power than any of the Intel laptops I've owned.

[–] papalonian 1 points 3 months ago

I see, thanks for the info

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

AMD CPUs indeed have better efficiency when it comes to energy used, or so I always hear.