The power consumption of the Mac Mini M1 version is only one third of the x86 version. Power consumption is greatly reduced

The M1 SoC released by Apple last year impressed many people, and the extremely high energy consumption ratio caused many surprises. Recently, Apple officially disclosed the power consumption of the Mac Mini M1 version in the test scenario.

According to the official power consumption data of the M1 version of the Mac Mini released by Apple, the power consumption of the device is only about one-third of the same product based on the Intel x86 processor version. TomHardware conducted some analysis on this. When Apple announced the transition to self-developed chips, it only explained the performance, functions, and power efficiency of its SoC, but did not disclose any actual data. Although products equipped with M1 SoC were released, many people used machines with self-developed chips for testing, such as MacBook Pro, but most of them were just demonstrations and comparisons in terms of performance and functions. The specific power consumption changes and energy consumption ratios Rarely.

It can be seen that the power consumption of the Mac Mini M1 version under high load is 39W, while the internal power consumption of the Mac Mini with Intel's six-core Core i7 reaches 122W. In the idle state, the power consumption of the Mac Mini M1 version is 7W, while the power consumption of the Mac Mini six-core Core i7 version is 20W.

This power consumption refers to the entire system, including memory, solid-state drives, Wi-Fi/Bluetooth chips, GbE chips, and consumption for voltage regulation. The value tested by Apple is significantly higher than the value tested by AnandTech, which shows that Apple is indeed conducting a baking machine test, exerting pressure on all parts of the computer.

To be honest, the Mac Mini six-core Core i7 version is the most power-hungry Mac Mini ever, but in terms of performance, it is a very powerful computer. With 64GB of memory on board, it still performs better than the Mac Mini M1 version in memory-intensive workloads. Ironically, these workloads do not require full processor power, so they will not reach the upper limit shown in Apple's test.

More interestingly, in addition to comparing the Mac Mini M1 version with the Mac Mini six-core Core i7 version, Apple also includes Apple's first-generation Mac Mini, which is a single-core G4 processor based on the PowerPC architecture. The power consumption of the first-generation Mac Mini is 32W in idle mode and 85W in working state.