M1 macbook batterydrain in sleep

[Patini91]

Hello

I Bought the macbook pro m1 pro. I upgraded from a 16" late 2013 macbook pro. I have this problem that my old macbook after 8 years still have much better battery in sleep mode than my brand new m1. My old macbook can be in sleep mode for 5 days and still have 50% left or above when i open the lid. My m1 is empty after little over a day. Someone know what the problem?

 

[MarineBand5524]

WOW I have not had any issues with my battery drain. Have any settings changed in your system preferences?

 

[piblondin]

Same issue here with my 14”. Have tried disabling network access during sleep, Bluetooth, disconnecting all external devices, Power Nap, etc. without any luck. My Intel MacBooks could sleep for a month, and the 14” only lasts a few days.

 

[ceevee]

Semi-solution here: #26

Answer when compared to Intel MacBooks:

By default, M1 (& I assume all Apple Silicon) Macbook does not use a configurable hibernate mode equivalent to Windows. It will sleep (low power state), but will only transition to hibernate (write to SSD then power off) when the battery is low. The time to hibernate is not configurable in M1 Macbooks, only time to sleep.

Sleep uses very little power, but if you want maximum battery saving, you need to shut down the M1 Macbook.

Default M1 hibernate behavior is hibernatemode 3 (Safe Sleep). Hibernatemode 25 (write to SSD then power off) will work on M1, but it will not sleep (low power state for fast wake) if using 25 because it will hibernate every time. standbydelay, standbydelaylow, standbydelayhigh, and highstandbythreshold are not available in pmset for M1/Apple Silicon MacBook.

In Intel Macbooks, a proper hibernate mode is still available and is configurable using standbydelaylow, standbydelayhigh, and highstandbythreshold above. This is the reason why Intel MacBooks can last longer when not in use - it can hibernate earlier, rather than waiting until the battery is almost run out like in M1 MacBooks.

You can get similar battery results using hibernatemode 25 in M1 MacBook, but you will lose the sleep ability because it will only hibernate. Only hibernating means that resuming from wake will take longer (10-15 sec), and is indicated by the appearance of a progress bar when you wake the Macbook.

 

[chriswhv6]

By default, M1 (& I assume all Apple Silicon) Macbook does not use a configurable hibernate mode equivalent to Windows. It will sleep (low power state), but will only transition to hibernate (write to SSD then power off) when the battery is low. The time to hibernate is not configurable in M1 Macbooks, only time to sleep.

Thank you for this explanation and i can finally relax now.
I was going crazy thinking i had some kind of wrong setting left on with my new M1 Pro MacBook Pro that i purchased over the weekend.

I noticed that whenever id open the lid up (not plugged into power) that my Messages App would already have the notification badge number on showing and also my VPN client would NOT be 're-connecting' to a server upon lifting the lid like my old mid-14 intel MBP does all the time.

So this behaviour is all perfectly normal with Apple's M1 silicone chips?

My fist full charge of my device was on the 16th of July @100% its the 19th of July and im down to 77% battery remaining.
Time on battery is showing: 49h02m
Screen on usage looks to be around 4.5 hours combined over the days.