![]() Now we are faced with having to make several compromises (I.e. They used to be no compromise machines that you paid a premium for. in that case everyone is better off getting a windows laptop at a significantly lower price. They don’t “just work” anymore and when I’m hearing CPU temps getting up to 100 C I’m seriously doubting the longevity of these machines. They’ve become an afterthought to the iPads/iPhones/watches, etc. I’m thinking this might be my last Apple laptop. As a stand alone laptop it’s been a good machine though. I was hoping to set up a desktop workstation with the MBP 16 but boy am I glad that I did my research and discovered this thread. You'll need to wait at least a generation for the chipsets to become more efficient for that. There's not going to be a fix that makes the more powerful GPU draw the same power as the less powerful GPU. OR they can purchase a new MBP with a more powerful GPU, which will draw more power when active. My older Radeon Pro 455 idles at 5-6 W and uses 10 W to power the displays.īuyers are left with choices: they can purchase an older MBP with a less powerful GPU, which will of course draw less power when active. The older AMD chips were less powerful, and therefore drew less power. The difference between 5-6 W and 18 W is just the difference between the AMD chip idling and powering the displays.ĪMD chips in older MBPs are used in the same way: they run the displays when the computer is open and they idle in clamshell mode. With the computer open + external monitor, the OS runs the displays with the AMD chip, which requires about 18 W for those tasks. With the computer in clamshell mode and an external monitor, the external display is run by the integrated graphics chip, and so the AMD discrete graphics chip idles at about 5-6 W. From what I can tell, there's no big mystery here. ![]()
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