Temperature and Power Consumption
Temperature and consumption
The temperatures measured during the tests were very high. On benchmarks like Cinebench R20 and R23 we reached 100 °C at the maximum on the CPU. Once the fans were on, the temperature dropped to 75°C and then stagnated at 60°C with the throttle. The heat on the GPU side remains relatively contained with about 67 °C under load on 3Dmark. In spite of the strong heating of the components, the PC remains quite cool at the chassis level. Whether in idle or under load.
To cool the configuration, we have two fans on the back that suck in cool air from the back and sides and expel it to the back of the device.
Surface temperature in idle
The surface of the keyboard and trackpad stays under 30°C in idle, which is a good temperature.
Surface temperature under load
Under load this time, the surface of the keyboard and trackpad rises to almost 48°C in front of the screen and at the top right of the keyboard. Quite high temperatures, but the areas most in contact with the users remain around 30 to 35°C.
Consumption
As for the battery, we have a PC equipped with an 80Wh battery. Concerning the consumption, we oscillate between 8W and 20W with an average of 11W in idle and can go up to more than 110 W in CPU use or 135 W in CPU use (71W) and GPU (65W) on MW2. The battery lasts about 6h to 8h in mixed use Photoshop, internet, Office. And recharges in a little less than an hour.
