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I love that, went to a 10 year old kid in Turkey who does tech stuff and has his own channel, AND you subbed1 That is going to really pump up his confidence. Great stuff guys, cant wait to see you getting him on a video to see how excited he is!
I have an M2 coming in the mail. I got 16G RAM... I was concerned about heating, not speed. Since my biggest concern is longevity, this is super comforting. I will definitely run on the low power setting.
Makes total sense. We already knew that the biggest generation gains were with the efficiency cores. Glad that Apple gives the user the option to really leverage those gains!
For reference: the multicore performance score of the M2 air in low power mode is around 1000 points higher than the full performance score of my 2019 intel 6 core i7 MBP. Thankfully I upgraded to a 16 inch M1 Pro as my daily driver.
I would really love a Battery 🔋 comparison test between a normal and low power mode to see the difference in battery times. For M1 MBA, M1 14" Pro and M2 MBA. All the best to 1 Million subs! You shld do a celebration video for that!
Yeah exactly, this is cool to see what the M2 chip can do, but this needs to have a battery comparison test to be meaningful. Two reasons, 1. Total package power draw of 20W will deplete a 52Wh battery in 2.5 hours. This doesn't happen with the M2 air even under heavy loads, therefore the these tests are short term averages and can't be extrapolated out to 2-3x as efficient for actual use. 2. The real word efficiency needs to include non-package power consumption. Eg screen, WiFi etc.
Also with the M1 MBA and low power mode. I had 3 different browsers open, many windows per browser and 100s tabs, and a was able to watch 1080p videos on yt on 2x with little use of the 4 efficiency cores and only a fraction of one power core.
Good for the young man from Turkey! The lower power mode is phenomenal. It slows down the thermal cycling of the silicon and longer battery life. A great addition of the performance core for a slight boost. All and all a wonderful engineering solution. Apple really needs to publicize this feature. It is honestly the best of both worlds.
I'm kinda surprised they didn't really say anything about it. It's abit astounding considering it can get to as low as below one to 3 watts while maintaing 60 to 80 percent of its performance
@@ahsoka6807 I know. It's astounding. It does give me a new found respect for Apple's electrical engineers. Coudos to them. Definitely IEEE awards and documentaries on the Computer History Museum in their future.
@@andrewadkins5567 I know dude its amazing. That kind of efficency is unheard of. Its honestly the airs best selling point especially compared to the m2 chip which was a very minor improvement. Im kind of clueless as to why they didnt seem to mention it anywhere.
@@ahsoka6807 I agree with you on all accounts. I honestly don't know why Apple wouldn't shout this from every roof top. I wonder, with no proof mind you, if the base model was put into power saving mode if the single 256 ssd problem improves. The reason that I mention this is that a machine can only go as fast as you can feed it raw materials. The analogy is that if a rock crusher processes rock faster than the conveyor belt can deliver the rock it will be starved. If the rock crusher is slowed down to match the feed rate of the conveyor it will be full all of the time. It's not a theory, but a not bad analogy. I wonder if its worth performance testing in power saving mode with a 256 sdd and seeing where the performance goes. True the whole system will be slower, but the processor and ssd will be speed matched, perform a little better with the shared memory and run much cooler. The absence of thermal cycling means the main logic board as a whole and processor specifically lasts longer. Andrew
Great video. Thanks for showing us the low power mode. I was still in dilema whether to buy m1 or m2 Air. But now I am definitely going for M2 Air. Please do a real-life/mixed test on battery life on "High performance mode" vs "Low power mode" to show us the battery life comparison.
The Apple Sales guy who is a video guy showed me his favorite “magic trick” with the M2 Air. He opened all 53 installed apps at the same time, then had me wave at the camera to see that it had no lag. Amazing.
To be honest, the M series E core makes more sense than Intel’s “E-core”, intel’s hybrid P+E strategy seems like a have to do to compete with AMD’s high core account. I had an I9 12900H Asus scar 17, when I tried to disable all E core in bios the laptop just shut down and gave me a hardware error “CPU defect”. This means intel doesn’t give users an option to use P-core only or E-core only. The poor utilization makes 12th gen mobile look not very good to me. After I saw your testing on M2 low battery mode "full E-core mode", it is a must-have feature for all Macbook Air users due to the fan-less, P-core in M2 Air becoming a performance booster when you really need them under specific circumstances. I was thinking the M2 iPad pro will be a grill pan, after I saw this video, M2 iPad Pro totally makes sense for me now.
@@alvinfrancis776 Not really as there’s not a lot of sustained tasks and multitasking on iPads vs Macs. Plus iOS apps are lot more efficient. The only thing that could possibly be a problem is long sessions with demanding games like Divinity II and Genshin but Low Power mode solves that by reducing power draw
@Max Tech could you try to make a battery test between m2 air and m1 pro 14' with low power mode ON and OFF and see the difference? Will the 14' pro get a better battery life? That would be interesting!
Now this is the real deal. I don't fully understand why Apple decided to get into Intel's silly game of throwing more powers at it to get some performance increase. They could have advertised this feature.
@@abdullahas7244 As I said before, it would be nice to see it eventually what they were thinking. But there is no 'declassifying' in the business world.
Wish there was a setting somewhere in between, that perhaps uses 4 efficiency cores and maybe 2 performance cores, targeting a cap of say 75º C for a bit more headroom than the low power mode.
i have a 2019 MBP and im using Volta which allows you to set max Watts you want the CPU to consume. Quite a shame this is not available for Apple Silicon chips.
I use Low Power mode on my 14” Max all the time; it’s a great feature. I wish Apple would implement it as a slider, as I would like to be able to go even lower and maybe even higher if I really want to burn amps :-)
I would imagine that it would be really helpful for improving battery life on a higher power machine like that, I’m glad it works well on that laptop. Thanks for sharing!
Imagine if they had a "Pro mode" you could toggle for more intensive tasks. Or if you could set certain apps to always trigger a higher power mode - then automatically toggle back to low power mode once you close that app
@@mitch993 I believe they have a “high power mode,” but it’s only for the 16” M1 Max model. I would absolutely love a setting for certain apps to use a specific power mode though, that will help a whole lot with battery
Great production quality! But kindly, I can't get the info i want quickly enough: - what's the low power mode? - is it silent (fans off)? - what does performance and battery life look like in that mode? Maybe save the details for after the summary? 😊
would be very interesting to test the gaming performance on Low Power settings. YES, i know the performance is gonna suffer, BUT, there will be no throttling... you see were I'm going with this -especially for long periods of time (since nobody plays for 10-15 minutes)...
Thanks for this. I didn't realize lower power mode was still so good. I just enabled it on my base M2 Air (while on battery) and it still feels quite snappy for what I do with it on a daily basis. I'm very interested to see how much more battery time it may give me.
Extraordinary stuff! This does rather change the overall impression of the M2 MacBook Air, for the better. You revealed a lot of disappointing stuff, but this, at least, is a positive.
That’s insane! I’m considering buying my first MacBook since 2008 (currently using an iPad Pro as my main machine). The M2 Air has been very tempting, but have been leaning towards the M1 Air with it’s still amazing performance and battery life to save some cash. But if this level of low power efficiency performance is unique to the M2, makes the decision that much more difficult… 😐. I’m guessing for most people in the market for such a device, you can keep the low power mode on permanently and unlikely to notice much (if any) decrease in performance. Great video as always!
If all you’re doing with the MBA is web browsing and other basic tasks, it sounds like low power mode is a good setting to enable. It’s got to have a great impact on battery life.
I am surprised he didn't talk about the AMD 6800U-powered Zenbook 13S OLED and its battery life is close to the M2 Air, which is actually good as it has a 2.8K OLED screen.
Congrats to the winner! I’ve been really interested in the low power mode for these Apple silicon macs so this video was really nice. I’m surprised that it’s performance was this good in low power mode, especially it’s graphics performance!
When I noticed Low Power mode I turned it on on battery, and start playing Civilization VI and Europa Universalis on my M1 MacBook Air, the smoothness wasn't the best BUT the temps were great ~45 degrees instead 80! I would like to see M1/M2 modification with 6/8 efficience+4performance cores, that would make multithreading on low battery even more power effective.
Very nice review of low power mode. I just moved from M1 MacBook Air to an M2 15" MacBook Air. Love it. I found a good deal on Facebook for a 16GB machine with 512GB storage for $1000. With only 8 cycles too!
I ordered the M2 Air with the 16GB RAM upgrade, (but not the SSD upgrade,) and watching all of these videos about how I should have just gotten a pro, or an M1 Air, or all the issues and whatnot.. made me have such mixed feelings. This video actually makes me feel good, and I can probably just use it in low power mode all the time because I'm not planning to do anything intense on it. I'm really glad it will stay cool and have a long battery life! Maybe I'll just stop watching all of the videos about it and enjoy my new computer when it gets here. (It's actually supposed to get here today!!) It's a huge upgrade from my 2014 macbook pro. :)
Yeah man don't watch the videos buy what you enjoy. Buy the laptop you actually wanna get. M2s still an amazing machine and that low power mode is awesome.
I can't say how happy I am that a 10 yo got a M2. This is exactly what we envisioned technology to be able to conect. Sad I didn't get the M2, but super happy to see what we achieved here.
I was gonna say all you guys talked about is the bad max performance, when this machine isn’t meant for that and having better battery is so much more important.
Love how you guys find these things! It’s so interesting seeing low power mode on a Mac, since I usually use low power mode on my iPhone. Also love how you guys use benchmarks and info from previous videos! Very resourceful!
The problem with saving mode in heavy loaded tasks is that you need more time to finish the task so you need in that time the power for screen and so on. So I think its more efficient to switch the battery saving mode only if you use it in light or normal conditions.
Well I guess this really is impressive- does focus on efficiency and it’s clearly visible-The performance difference is barely different on the low power mode,That’s so great!!-Thanks So much Max-Really love your entertaining and amazing videos!!-Keep it up!!-I really appreciate the time and dedication you spend in editing and creating these very informative and useful videos-Thank you so much-Keep it up!!.
This is insane. Just found this video and tried it myself. As a casual user, I haven't noticed any different in my usage with low power mode enabled. It's true the temperature never reached 55*C. I still be able to watch 1440p 60fps TH-cam video on 1.25x speed silky smooth while the M2 only sipping ~4 Watts on average. Unbelievable .
Simply impressive! I think I’d still run with « full power » for heavier tasks. But what could be genius is having automations in shortcut to toggle Low power mode depending on the apps opened. Is that possible, though?
Hey i wonder what it would be like if the same thing was done with the M1 chip in the air/pro. That would be amazing comparing the performances in their low power mode
Today, I used my M1 MBA out on my balcony, for a Zoom meeting for over an hour. The outdoor temp started at 97f/36c and ended at 101f/38c. The CPU temp reached a max of 55c at the end of that 1+ hour of usage, so just 17c over ambient temperature while handling a zoom call with ~80 participants, video, etc, and the screen bright enough to easily see the people while sitting in the shade on a bright sunny day. Wonder how the M2 MBA would do in that situation?
@@rohithmekala2608 I’m sure it will, It has more efficient “efficiency” cores. However, it also has a somewhat less effective cooling system, so I it might run slightly hotter, but who knows without testing it.
After watching the video... i was thinking that it would be a nice touch if Apple would create some kind of software or a third party one that it would allow you to undervolt the Apple silicon for having the best performance/efficiency while having the cores running a lot below 100 degrees by tinkering with voltage instead of using the low power option and losing performance... but on the other hand i don't think that Apple owners know anything about hardware let alone on how to tinker with them... because if that was the case Apple would have released this kind of software already in my opinion...
@@rohithmekala2608 it would nice though to have the best of both worlds for those who know how to tinker with it... because in my opinion, when you buy a product, you should be able to use it always at its full potential and not compromise a lot of its performance... that is the reason that windows laptops are a no go for me, not even a consideration even though AMD has close to similar performance plugged and unplugged by losing at most 10% to 15%...it's getting there in terms of efficiency, Intel is not even close of course... but when i saw the review of M1 i was impressed...same performance plugged and unplugged without thermal throttling, but it seems with M2 they are going backwards again to Intel era products... in my opinion, a little bit of undervolt will solve the thermal throttling issue... and you will actually have the product that you paid for..
That would be a perfect solution… instead of thermal throttling.. software tinkering it never reach the stage of thermal throttling and getting much lower performance in the first place. Right now, it’s like, don’t give a fuck to a car until it’s broken on the road, paying extra more for fixing it.
I'd love you to do the same with the M1 Pro as many people will be choosing the 14 inch over the Air. I get way longer battery life than that using low power mode on my 16 inch M1 Pro
Great Videos Max Tech Team! Been watching your videos since long, hope i get M2 MacBook Air. I really need it for education purpose!! Fingers crossed 🤞 Keep up the Good & Honest Work!!
Great video. I have been using low power mode on my 14 inch M1 Max MacBook Pro for the last couple of weeks to improve battery life and have been seeing about 10 to 10 1/2 hours versus around 9 to 9 1/2 in regular mode during moderate use. After watching this video, I ran the Speedometer 2.0 test and saw 275 on low power and 339 on regular mode, so it does help with efficiency on the pro models as well. I still want a new M2 Midnight Air for that ultra portability factor as I travel a lot and always take my laptop with me. The 14 inch Pro is portable as well, but not as much as the Air.
Many people buy the M2 MBA because they prioritize low power consumption. I love this video, which explains that “low power mode” does not substantially sacrifice performance.
Quick question, if I plug the M2 MBA back to the wall w/o disabling low power mode, will the laptop automatically restore to it performance mode? Coz it would be very "user-unfriendly" if I have to keep reminding myself switching b/w performance mode and lower power mode all the time.
Even without the low power mode on, this MBA M2 barely sips any battery under normal work use. I only use about 5% battery an hour. Can;t imagine if it’s on low power mode. Probably last like 40 hrs of use or something.
I'm using my M1 MBA in low power mode. In your video (which is great), you made it sound like only the M2 could do this but the M1 seems to work fine. I'm using it in low power mode now and I am noticing a huge difference in battery consumption.
We have to consider that these machine are categories as ultrabooks. We haven’t seen updated M2 14inch and 16inch as of yet. Imagine the power of those machines once out in the very near future can possess.
This was my second giveaway that I participated and seems I need more participations to win one. I am happy that it was won by a kid who seems more eligible than the rest of us here. Cheers.
I would love the option for an Apple Silicon chip with only efficiency cores, like 10 of them for still good performance, but now with crazy efficiency!
Thank you so much for this video, as always your channel rules on this topic. I have a question please if you can answer me: Is it good to use in power mode my M1 Max 16" if I am working just in some word documents and PDF files and some tabs in chrome? So no video editing but just stuff like I said, thanks a lot for your job.
Apple low power mode is insane on both MacBooks and iPhones. It makes them perform slightly worse in exchange of insane thermal performance(as well as power efficiency which means battery life).
Hi guys! Tq for this video! I have a question: if you have an 8 Gb RAM & 512 SSD M2, and you partition the disk into lets say 128 Gb TO KEEP IN IT ONLY THE APPS & nothing else, while all the data storage you use the other 384 GB disk partition, will that help to keep the RAM swapping more effective? what will be the speed comparison with a 16Gb RAM?
How does performance mode on m2 compete with regular m1 MacBook Air- and how does m1 performance mode compare? These are answers I want next- great content
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I love that, went to a 10 year old kid in Turkey who does tech stuff and has his own channel, AND you subbed1 That is going to really pump up his confidence. Great stuff guys, cant wait to see you getting him on a video to see how excited he is!
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I have an M2 coming in the mail. I got 16G RAM... I was concerned about heating, not speed. Since my biggest concern is longevity, this is super comforting. I will definitely run on the low power setting.
I got the 16 GB Ram upgrade and waiting for it to come in mail as well. So glad I came across this video knowing that it’s fan less.
Makes total sense. We already knew that the biggest generation gains were with the efficiency cores. Glad that Apple gives the user the option to really leverage those gains!
For reference: the multicore performance score of the M2 air in low power mode is around 1000 points higher than the full performance score of my 2019 intel 6 core i7 MBP. Thankfully I upgraded to a 16 inch M1 Pro as my daily driver.
I would really love a Battery 🔋 comparison test between a normal and low power mode to see the difference in battery times. For M1 MBA, M1 14" Pro and M2 MBA. All the best to 1 Million subs! You shld do a celebration video for that!
i would love that too
Yeah exactly, this is cool to see what the M2 chip can do, but this needs to have a battery comparison test to be meaningful.
Two reasons,
1. Total package power draw of 20W will deplete a 52Wh battery in 2.5 hours. This doesn't happen with the M2 air even under heavy loads, therefore the these tests are short term averages and can't be extrapolated out to 2-3x as efficient for actual use.
2. The real word efficiency needs to include non-package power consumption. Eg screen, WiFi etc.
YES! what's the battery life of 14 inch with light use! browsing, watching youtube. movies via vlc for example, listening to some music! thanks
Also with the M1 MBA and low power mode.
I had 3 different browsers open, many windows per browser and 100s tabs, and a was able to watch 1080p videos on yt on 2x with little use of the 4 efficiency cores and only a fraction of one power core.
that would be great
Good for the young man from Turkey!
The lower power mode is phenomenal. It slows down the thermal cycling of the silicon and longer battery life. A great addition of the performance core for a slight boost. All and all a wonderful engineering solution. Apple really needs to publicize this feature. It is honestly the best of both worlds.
I'm kinda surprised they didn't really say anything about it. It's abit astounding considering it can get to as low as below one to 3 watts while maintaing 60 to 80 percent of its performance
@@ahsoka6807 I know. It's astounding. It does give me a new found respect for Apple's electrical engineers. Coudos to them. Definitely IEEE awards and documentaries on the Computer History Museum in their future.
@@andrewadkins5567 I know dude its amazing. That kind of efficency is unheard of. Its honestly the airs best selling point especially compared to the m2 chip which was a very minor improvement. Im kind of clueless as to why they didnt seem to mention it anywhere.
@@ahsoka6807 I agree with you on all accounts. I honestly don't know why Apple wouldn't shout this from every roof top. I wonder, with no proof mind you, if the base model was put into power saving mode if the single 256 ssd problem improves. The reason that I mention this is that a machine can only go as fast as you can feed it raw materials. The analogy is that if a rock crusher processes rock faster than the conveyor belt can deliver the rock it will be starved. If the rock crusher is slowed down to match the feed rate of the conveyor it will be full all of the time. It's not a theory, but a not bad analogy. I wonder if its worth performance testing in power saving mode with a 256 sdd and seeing where the performance goes. True the whole system will be slower, but the processor and ssd will be speed matched, perform a little better with the shared memory and run much cooler. The absence of thermal cycling means the main logic board as a whole and processor specifically lasts longer.
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Yeah... I wonder why
I have to admit, you guys have had some really solid M2 coverage. Nice job! Congrats on the million subs, and congrats to the winner of the giveaway!
Great video. Thanks for showing us the low power mode. I was still in dilema whether to buy m1 or m2 Air. But now I am definitely going for M2 Air.
Please do a real-life/mixed test on battery life on
"High performance mode" vs "Low power mode" to show us the battery life comparison.
The Apple Sales guy who is a video guy showed me his favorite “magic trick” with the M2 Air. He opened all 53 installed apps at the same time, then had me wave at the camera to see that it had no lag. Amazing.
lol, that old trick
To be honest, the M series E core makes more sense than Intel’s “E-core”, intel’s hybrid P+E strategy seems like a have to do to compete with AMD’s high core account. I had an I9 12900H Asus scar 17, when I tried to disable all E core in bios the laptop just shut down and gave me a hardware error “CPU defect”. This means intel doesn’t give users an option to use P-core only or E-core only. The poor utilization makes 12th gen mobile look not very good to me.
After I saw your testing on M2 low battery mode "full E-core mode", it is a must-have feature for all Macbook Air users due to the fan-less, P-core in M2 Air becoming a performance booster when you really need them under specific circumstances. I was thinking the M2 iPad pro will be a grill pan, after I saw this video, M2 iPad Pro totally makes sense for me now.
The M2 iPad pro still might be a grill pan depends how Apple optimizes it🤔
@@alvinfrancis776 It should be fine as the AX series that the M series is based on was designed for iPads.
@@chidorirasenganz But if Apple is making the M2 chips run hotter then it is a bad news
@@alvinfrancis776 Not really as there’s not a lot of sustained tasks and multitasking on iPads vs Macs. Plus iOS apps are lot more efficient. The only thing that could possibly be a problem is long sessions with demanding games like Divinity II and Genshin but Low Power mode solves that by reducing power draw
@Max Tech could you try to make a battery test between m2 air and m1 pro 14' with low power mode ON and OFF and see the difference? Will the 14' pro get a better battery life? That would be interesting!
That is crazy. If I ever get a new M2 MacBook Air or another new MacBook I will have try it. Congrats to whoever it was that won.
What if apple make the power option more choices, someting like 3 to 5 steps about low to high performances option.. Will be great.
Now this is the real deal. I don't fully understand why Apple decided to get into Intel's silly game of throwing more powers at it to get some performance increase. They could have advertised this feature.
It is in M1 also on my M1 MBA
I think they did it on purpose to increase the sales of m2 macbook pro since it has fans.
@@magnetsandmushrooms I checked too on my M1 Pro 14". I will test it to see.
@@abdullahas7244 As I said before, it would be nice to see it eventually what they were thinking. But there is no 'declassifying' in the business world.
Wish there was a setting somewhere in between, that perhaps uses 4 efficiency cores and maybe 2 performance cores, targeting a cap of say 75º C for a bit more headroom than the low power mode.
i have a 2019 MBP and im using Volta which allows you to set max Watts you want the CPU to consume. Quite a shame this is not available for Apple Silicon chips.
Man, we definitely need a battery comparison between the different power modes.
I use Low Power mode on my 14” Max all the time; it’s a great feature. I wish Apple would implement it as a slider, as I would like to be able to go even lower and maybe even higher if I really want to burn amps :-)
I would imagine that it would be really helpful for improving battery life on a higher power machine like that, I’m glad it works well on that laptop. Thanks for sharing!
Imagine if they had a "Pro mode" you could toggle for more intensive tasks. Or if you could set certain apps to always trigger a higher power mode - then automatically toggle back to low power mode once you close that app
@@mitch993 I believe they have a “high power mode,” but it’s only for the 16” M1 Max model. I would absolutely love a setting for certain apps to use a specific power mode though, that will help a whole lot with battery
how much battery life do you get by using the low power mode? How much do you get with this option on and how much with it off in light use?
@@movdqa how much battery life do you get by using the low power mode? How much do you get with this option on and how much with it off in light use?
Great production quality! But kindly, I can't get the info i want quickly enough:
- what's the low power mode?
- is it silent (fans off)?
- what does performance and battery life look like in that mode?
Maybe save the details for after the summary? 😊
would be very interesting to test the gaming performance on Low Power settings. YES, i know the performance is gonna suffer, BUT, there will be no throttling... you see were I'm going with this -especially for long periods of time (since nobody plays for 10-15 minutes)...
Thank you for this video. I am a believer in Apple System on a Chip due to its capability and efficiency.
Thanks for this. I didn't realize lower power mode was still so good. I just enabled it on my base M2 Air (while on battery) and it still feels quite snappy for what I do with it on a daily basis. I'm very interested to see how much more battery time it may give me.
what are the results man?
I didn't thought that the efficiency cores a so good. Thanks to showing us this
gotta love the in-depth testing you do on this channel, many thanks max tech
Extraordinary stuff! This does rather change the overall impression of the M2 MacBook Air, for the better. You revealed a lot of disappointing stuff, but this, at least, is a positive.
It exists on the M1 MBA also
@@magnetsandmushrooms Not to the same extent, given the difference in High Efficiency cores.
That’s insane! I’m considering buying my first MacBook since 2008 (currently using an iPad Pro as my main machine). The M2 Air has been very tempting, but have been leaning towards the M1 Air with it’s still amazing performance and battery life to save some cash. But if this level of low power efficiency performance is unique to the M2, makes the decision that much more difficult… 😐. I’m guessing for most people in the market for such a device, you can keep the low power mode on permanently and unlikely to notice much (if any) decrease in performance. Great video as always!
If all you’re doing with the MBA is web browsing and other basic tasks, it sounds like low power mode is a good setting to enable. It’s got to have a great impact on battery life.
Apple's M2 MacBook Air... Nothing short of wizardry... The power consumption... The performance... 😌
I am surprised he didn't talk about the AMD 6800U-powered Zenbook 13S OLED and its battery life is close to the M2 Air, which is actually good as it has a 2.8K OLED screen.
Congrats to the winner! I’ve been really interested in the low power mode for these Apple silicon macs so this video was really nice. I’m surprised that it’s performance was this good in low power mode, especially it’s graphics performance!
When I noticed Low Power mode I turned it on on battery, and start playing Civilization VI and Europa Universalis on my M1 MacBook Air, the smoothness wasn't the best BUT the temps were great ~45 degrees instead 80! I would like to see M1/M2 modification with 6/8 efficience+4performance cores, that would make multithreading on low battery even more power effective.
Missed you two on screen together. Love this channel’s energy so much. 😊
Very nice review of low power mode. I just moved from M1 MacBook Air to an M2 15" MacBook Air. Love it. I found a good deal on Facebook for a 16GB machine with 512GB storage for $1000. With only 8 cycles too!
I ordered the M2 Air with the 16GB RAM upgrade, (but not the SSD upgrade,) and watching all of these videos about how I should have just gotten a pro, or an M1 Air, or all the issues and whatnot.. made me have such mixed feelings. This video actually makes me feel good, and I can probably just use it in low power mode all the time because I'm not planning to do anything intense on it. I'm really glad it will stay cool and have a long battery life! Maybe I'll just stop watching all of the videos about it and enjoy my new computer when it gets here. (It's actually supposed to get here today!!) It's a huge upgrade from my 2014 macbook pro. :)
Yeah man don't watch the videos buy what you enjoy. Buy the laptop you actually wanna get. M2s still an amazing machine and that low power mode is awesome.
That's so cool. I might honestly just always have that on my current mac because my battery is starting to suffer.
I can't say how happy I am that a 10 yo got a M2. This is exactly what we envisioned technology to be able to conect. Sad I didn't get the M2, but super happy to see what we achieved here.
I believe you did a perfect job in making M2 MacBook more useful. Thanks a lot 👍👍❤️👍❤️👍
Now I feel bad for hating on the M2 Air so much the last few videos lol. Thanks for the information, and for doing these giveaways!
Thanks for the video and what a great insight! The low-power mode M2 Macbook Air even beats my almost 8 years old core i7😅
It would be awesome if Apple continued to expand on low power mode for light use. They could call the higher power mode "Pro mode"
I was gonna say all you guys talked about is the bad max performance, when this machine isn’t meant for that and having better battery is so much more important.
Love how you guys find these things! It’s so interesting seeing low power mode on a Mac, since I usually use low power mode on my iPhone. Also love how you guys use benchmarks and info from previous videos! Very resourceful!
The problem with saving mode in heavy loaded tasks is that you need more time to finish the task so you need in that time the power for screen and so on. So I think its more efficient to switch the battery saving mode only if you use it in light or normal conditions.
Well I guess this really is impressive- does focus on efficiency and it’s clearly visible-The performance difference is barely different on the low power mode,That’s so great!!-Thanks So much Max-Really love your entertaining and amazing videos!!-Keep it up!!-I really appreciate the time and dedication you spend in editing and creating these very informative and useful videos-Thank you so much-Keep it up!!.
This is insane. Just found this video and tried it myself. As a casual user, I haven't noticed any different in my usage with low power mode enabled. It's true the temperature never reached 55*C. I still be able to watch 1440p 60fps TH-cam video on 1.25x speed silky smooth while the M2 only sipping ~4 Watts on average. Unbelievable .
Imho, I think Apple would put a third option: "moderate". Why? Feeding the high power chips with half energy, it could be an excellent option.
Ok
Simply impressive! I think I’d still run with « full power » for heavier tasks. But what could be genius is having automations in shortcut to toggle Low power mode depending on the apps opened. Is that possible, though?
Should be possible! If it’s not available by a default shortcuts action, maybe can be done by an AppleScript or shell command
Woah that’s amazing. This make me reconsider M2 MacBook air. The only part I still dont like is the speaker
Hey i wonder what it would be like if the same thing was done with the M1 chip in the air/pro. That would be amazing comparing the performances in their low power mode
Awesome Content as usual. Keep going and congratulation for 1 million mark as well which will be hit in almost 1-2 days,
Okay, this is why you choose an M2. I can't wait to see a redesign of the performance cores to go along with the new efficiency cores. Good catch...
What is gaming like in low power mode?
Does it get decent performance and mitigate the overheating/throttling?
I would love to see Apple add an option that automatically enables Low Power Mode when the computer hits under a certain battery percentage.
Today, I used my M1 MBA out on my balcony, for a Zoom meeting for over an hour. The outdoor temp started at 97f/36c and ended at 101f/38c. The CPU temp reached a max of 55c at the end of that 1+ hour of usage, so just 17c over ambient temperature while handling a zoom call with ~80 participants, video, etc, and the screen bright enough to easily see the people while sitting in the shade on a bright sunny day.
Wonder how the M2 MBA would do in that situation?
M2 Air will handle it fine. If you want more efficiency then wait for 3nm Apple chips.
@@rohithmekala2608 I’m sure it will, It has more efficient “efficiency” cores. However, it also has a somewhat less effective cooling system, so I it might run slightly hotter, but who knows without testing it.
After watching the video... i was thinking that it would be a nice touch if Apple would create some kind of software or a third party one that it would allow you to undervolt the Apple silicon for having the best performance/efficiency while having the cores running a lot below 100 degrees by tinkering with voltage instead of using the low power option and losing performance... but on the other hand i don't think that Apple owners know anything about hardware let alone on how to tinker with them... because if that was the case Apple would have released this kind of software already in my opinion...
honestly low power mode is enough for 99% of users. It does its job perfectly accroding to this video.
@@rohithmekala2608 it would nice though to have the best of both worlds for those who know how to tinker with it... because in my opinion, when you buy a product, you should be able to use it always at its full potential and not compromise a lot of its performance... that is the reason that windows laptops are a no go for me, not even a consideration even though AMD has close to similar performance plugged and unplugged by losing at most 10% to 15%...it's getting there in terms of efficiency, Intel is not even close of course... but when i saw the review of M1 i was impressed...same performance plugged and unplugged without thermal throttling, but it seems with M2 they are going backwards again to Intel era products... in my opinion, a little bit of undervolt will solve the thermal throttling issue... and you will actually have the product that you paid for..
That would be a perfect solution… instead of thermal throttling.. software tinkering it never reach the stage of thermal throttling and getting much lower performance in the first place. Right now, it’s like, don’t give a fuck to a car until it’s broken on the road, paying extra more for fixing it.
I'd love you to do the same with the M1 Pro as many people will be choosing the 14 inch over the Air. I get way longer battery life than that using low power mode on my 16 inch M1 Pro
It's so freaking cool!!! Only Apple could do such a thing
Great Videos Max Tech Team! Been watching your videos since long, hope i get M2 MacBook Air. I really need it for education purpose!! Fingers crossed 🤞 Keep up the Good & Honest Work!!
Great video. I have been using low power mode on my 14 inch M1 Max MacBook Pro for the last couple of weeks to improve battery life and have been seeing about 10 to 10 1/2 hours versus around 9 to 9 1/2 in regular mode during moderate use. After watching this video, I ran the Speedometer 2.0 test and saw 275 on low power and 339 on regular mode, so it does help with efficiency on the pro models as well. I still want a new M2 Midnight Air for that ultra portability factor as I travel a lot and always take my laptop with me. The 14 inch Pro is portable as well, but not as much as the Air.
Can we get the same efficiency in M2 pro?
ngl, I think at this point.. I've been watching all your review of Macbook cos it's soooo satisfying..! thanks for the video..
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Many people buy the M2 MBA because they prioritize low power consumption. I love this video, which explains that “low power mode” does not substantially sacrifice performance.
So happy this kid got it
Quick question, if I plug the M2 MBA back to the wall w/o disabling low power mode, will the laptop automatically restore to it performance mode? Coz it would be very "user-unfriendly" if I have to keep reminding myself switching b/w performance mode and lower power mode all the time.
You can set it up to be on Low Power Mode when on battery, when plugged in, or both.
Is this the base version with 8/256 ?
Even without the low power mode on, this MBA M2 barely sips any battery under normal work use. I only use about 5% battery an hour. Can;t imagine if it’s on low power mode. Probably last like 40 hrs of use or something.
You should compare the total number of battery hours between the lower power mode and the regulad mode…
nice. How does it compare to M1 Lower power mode? How much more efficient are M2's efficiency cores?
Would be great to test low power mode + thermal pads and see if the laptop will turn into an ice block.
Awesome that the kid got the Mac, nice job guys. Wondering, does Mac OS vs Windows have any bearing on battery usage?
You continue to make me like more this new Air…. Tough decision now between that and the Mac Mini M1
This was an outstanding video with very good info and the M2 MacBook Air going to the kiddo was the frosting on the cake. Thank you!
I’m a little bit late but is safe to have the MacBook Air in low power mode all the time ? Will it damage the efficiency cores?
It is great video. How long will be working in low power mode for web browsing and mail work?
Great content as always!
I'm using my M1 MBA in low power mode. In your video (which is great), you made it sound like only the M2 could do this but the M1 seems to work fine. I'm using it in low power mode now and I am noticing a huge difference in battery consumption.
@UCjdJzEv8wzVvGImI6jhlC0Q oh goodie. Just post it
We have to consider that these machine are categories as ultrabooks. We haven’t seen updated M2 14inch and 16inch as of yet. Imagine the power of those machines once out in the very near future can possess.
Great 👍 video as always. One of the best tech channel 🎥
Makes sense! It's efficiency-based.
low power mode is just amazing
such a low wattage, the only tech video on youtube for this discovery
thanks for the giveaway
This was my second giveaway that I participated and seems I need more participations to win one. I am happy that it was won by a kid who seems more eligible than the rest of us here. Cheers.
seeing the macbook book in its low power mode is just- speechless
I would love the option for an Apple Silicon chip with only efficiency cores, like 10 of them for still good performance, but now with crazy efficiency!
Thank you so much for this video, as always your channel rules on this topic. I have a question please if you can answer me: Is it good to use in power mode my M1 Max 16" if I am working just in some word documents and PDF files and some tabs in chrome? So no video editing but just stuff like I said, thanks a lot for your job.
Wow! I actually never noticed that it had such a higher capacity!
Please try instead of pads, stick 2 or 3 inch feet underneath on the hinge side. On of those cheap folding feet. Thanks Max!
Apple low power mode is insane on both MacBooks and iPhones. It makes them perform slightly worse in exchange of insane thermal performance(as well as power efficiency which means battery life).
Day to day I use low power mode on my MacBook Pro 16. I felt it still have good performance while also increased battery life and laptop runs cooler
I hope one day we can game in this power efficient chips
Among the best tech channels on TH-cam! Been a fan for years now and you never seem to disappoint. Love the content!
You could do a test using a surface with dry ice, that would make the temperatures not so high and see how much "overclocked" the cpu gets to run.
Hi guys! Tq for this video!
I have a question: if you have an 8 Gb RAM & 512 SSD M2, and you partition the disk into lets say 128 Gb TO KEEP IN IT ONLY THE APPS & nothing else, while all the data storage you use the other 384 GB disk partition, will that help to keep the RAM swapping more effective? what will be the speed comparison with a 16Gb RAM?
The matchbook air m2 battery is amazing . Incredible duration time
Who was the other 3 winners? Well done young man
Wow! Those efficiency cores are truly powerful
Performance is not linear to power consumption. Thanks for the video and the test with the low power mode !
Can you guys do a video talking if it's worth buying used macbook ?
Is the 8GB, 512GB model with 67W charger good for 5-6 years of usage? Or do you suggest going for 16GB?
I’d like to see a battery comparison with and without low power mode.
How does performance mode on m2 compete with regular m1 MacBook Air- and how does m1 performance mode compare? These are answers I want next- great content