• notenoughbutter@lemmy.ml
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    11 months ago

    that’s because apple uses arm chips which are much more power efficient than Intel and amd’s x86 chips

    it mostly uses 15-20 watts or around that which is easy to dissipate than 45-50 watt Intel and amd produces which requires fan

    I’ve heard even the most powerful m1 max chip doesn’t need fan when video editing (which can go for continuous 6 hrs on battery and you don’t see a performance hit when charging or on battery)

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      11 months ago

      The MacBook Air with the M2 chip is fanless as well. If it gets to hot, performance is downgraded.