In this test I used each machine over many days performing a variety of general desktop tasks including, but not limited, to web surfing, email, compiling source code, watching video, listening to music, and running virtualized machines.
The chart shows the power consumption of each machine. The figures are the power draw for the machine, not just the CPU.
The AI X1 Pro with its Ryzen CPU is the quickest machine here yet its power consumption is only slightly higher than the i7-1360p machine. In benchmarks the AI X1 Pro is at least 10% faster than the Core 7 Ultra 255H (and on some significantly more), yet its power consumption is about 20% less.
The N100 has the lowest power draw but it’s a snail compared to the other machines.
Notes about the chart:
- The tasks do not include any activities that are GPU intensive such as gaming, running locally-hosted AI apps, video recording / live streaming etc.
- While the tests access software that uses the GPU (such as Xorg), the GPU power consumption is minimal (with the exception of the i5-12400F as the machine’s dedicated graphics card draws 21W at idle).
- Two screens are used on each machine.
- The i5-12400F machine hosts a dedicated graphics card, whereas the other machines all use onboard graphics.
- The Balanced CPU governor is used.
- The machines are running Ubuntu 25.04 with the exception of the Minisforum machine which is running Manjaro.
Next page: Page 3 – Power Consumption With CPU Stressed
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:
| Minisforum AI X1 Pro | |
|---|---|
| Introduction | Introduction to the series and interrogation of the Minisforum AI X1 Pro |
| Benchmarks | Benchmarking the Minisforum AI X1 Pro |
| Power | Testing and comparing the power consumption under various workloads |