Apple M1 Performance and Power Consumption in Low-Power Mode
After Apple announced low-power mode would be available in macOS, I was interested to experiment with it to see what performance and power usage changes there were when using it. The results were quite interesting. While there are quite a few videos out there with M1 Pro and M1 Max-based MacBook Pros being tested to see how long they run on battery, I haven't found a video discussing it in the original M1, let alone the fan-less MacBook Air! Well, here ya go! Enjoy!
Note: Geekbench results were from a set of runs a few days prior of the date shown as I had to record a second take due to audio issues.
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0:00 Introduction
0:54 Low-Power Mode Setting
2:28 Method of Testing
5:52 Short Duration Testing - CPU
8:20 Long Duration Testing - CPU
15:29 Short Duration Testing - GPU
16:28 Comparison with 2017 MacBook Pro