You need to watch the dave2d video again he says the exast opposite of what you are saying here.
Ultra is just catching up with amd 7000 and idle consumption is bad compared to m3.
Ultra is just catching up with amd 7000 and idle consumption is bad compared to m3.
How common is the use case of full CPU loads for hours on battery? Or eeking a 10th hour of light-use autonomy?
My use case doesn't often pin cores these days, but I imagine the same goes for the full CPU load question. It's not common, because it's not possible. Enabling that enables new ways of using it.
And outside of traditional computer use, those questions are both easily answered if you consider handheld PC gaming devices. People post excitedly about their strategies and successes when they squeeze out an extra hour of game time on both the high and low ends.
I started the day at 7:30, worked most of the day on it with multiple apps open - Chrome, Safari, Teams, Slack, VS Code, IntelliJ, DataGrip, Postman, Outlook, etc. Connected to a wireless keyboard and mouse, and streaming music to my AirPods for a few hours of the day. Most of my actively used apps were IntelliJ, Chrome, and Teams (admittedly not doing a LOT of building/running Java cause I was resolving build issues for a chunk of the day). I ended the day at 4:00 with 47% battery remaining.
That was unheard of on my last i9 MBP that could barely survive a few hours on battery, even when it was new.
No it's much worse than that for us Intel laptop users. Our machines make loud noises, overheat and throttle to the point where it affects Zoom video chats. The fan on my X1 carbon even comes on when booting the machine!