• IndustryStandard@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    No you wouldn’t. The Rockchips are far less efficient than AMD’s modern X86 stuff.

    AMD’s new stuff is on par with the M1 in efficiency.

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      9 months ago

      Even despite they require active cooling? Didn’t know, cool! Now the only downside is size.

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        9 months ago

        I don’t know if he’s correct on low power use cases, but the cooling is way more about the high power use cases.

        The steam deck can chew through it’s battery in ~2 hours or last something in the neighborhood of 8-10 depending what you run on it.