Power Consumption With CPU Stressed
I used s-tui to stress the CPU. It provides a convenient frontend to the stress utility.
With the CPU fully stressed, the Beelink EQi 304 remains remarkably economical. It consumes 13W in Power Saver mode and 22W in both Balanced and Performance modes. In every case, that is only 1W more than the N100 system, despite the Core 3 304 having a much higher 15W TDP than the N100’s 6W rating.
The system delivers substantially greater processing capability than the N100 while imposing almost no additional whole-system power cost. It is also draws dramatically less power than every other higher-performance system in the comparison, making the EQi 304 particularly attractive for sustained workloads where low electricity use and heat output matter.
Next page: Page 4 – Electricity Costs
Pages in this article:
Page 1 – Power Consumption With System Idle
Page 2 – Power Consumption With Light Usage
Page 3 – Power Consumption With CPU Stressed
Page 4 – Electricity Costs
Complete list of articles in this series:
| Beelink EQi 304 Mini PC | |
|---|---|
| Introduction | Introduction to the series and interrogation of the machine |
| Benchmarks | Benchmarking the Beelink EQi 304 Mini PC |
| Power | Testing and comparing the power consumption |
| More articles will be published next week | |
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