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		TwoNineA on Nov 17, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 2020 Mac Mini – Putting Apple Silicon M1 To The Te... > the Apple M1 here is using 7-8W total device active power. Anandtech showed almost 27W power draw under full load for the M1 Mini.

HatchedLake721 on Nov 17, 2020 [–]

That's Anandtech's quote. M1 beats or trails behind Ryzen 9 5950x in single threaded performance, hence they mention 7-8W.

The 27W power draw comes from multi threaded performance. Ryzen's multi threaded power drain is at ~130W (as far as I know).

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