Power Consumption

Power Consumption

In an IDLE state, a PC (motherboard / processor / memory / SSD) consumes roughly 20 Watts. This number depends and will vary per motherboard (added ICs / controllers / wifi / Bluetooth) and PSU (efficiency). Keep in mind that we measure the ENTIRE PC, not just the processor's power consumption. Your average PC can differ from our numbers if you add optical drives, HDDs, soundcards etc. 

It almost makes you giggle a bit how little power the platform consumes. We idle at 20 Watts and all stressed out its roughly 50 Watts for both processors.

I want to make it very clear that power consumption measurements will differ per PC and setup. Your attached components use power but your motherboard can also have additional ICs installed like an audio controller, 3rd party chips, network controllers, extra SATA controllers, extra USB controllers, and so on. These parts all consume power, so these results are a subjective indication. Next, to that, we stress all CPU cores 100% and thus show peak power consumption. Unless you transcode video with the right software your average power consumption will be much lower.

 
We use a stock cooler in this 220GE and 240GE review. We reach a max temp of ~48 Degrees C (Tdie). That measured running a 1024M Prime test.