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To me it appears that the screen is a huge power hog - at least in the 16.

My idle power consumption at 0% display brightness is around 7.5W, but I've seen people get to as low as 6.5W. Not great, not terrible. With the display at 50% it jumps to the teens(13-17W).

Meanwhile the display in the MBP peaks at 6.2W:

https://andytran93.com/2021/12/05/power-consumption-implicat...

I guess herein lies their secret sauce - with the rest of the device idling at ~5W total power consumption in this state doesn't go beyond 11W.



I've seen the whole MBP (not just the display) using just 4.5 W while browsing HN with little else running.




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