MBP 16" M1 MAX battery down from 80% to 73% in 3 days of sleeping...normal?

[Asianpork]

I bought a refurb M1 max 16", 32gb, 24core gpu, 2tb ssd from Apple.com. Loving it so far but the battery life is terrible. I did a data migration from my imac so it wasn't a clean install. I am on the latest macOS and everything thing is updated - software wise.

I charged mine to 80% (I don't take it above that) and closed the lid and put it away for 4 days and the battery went down to 73%...

I contacted Apple CS, did the diagnostics, turned on and off the appropriate battery settings after some google searches and watching some youtube videos, but the battery life is still terrible.

Apologies but I am not the most tech literate but aren't these Apple silicone macs suppose to have legendary battery life? Is this normal?

My refurb 13" 2015 MBP still holds on to battery like an absolute champ. Sometimes months go by before I open it and it's lost maybe 3-4% charge max. It's astonishing.

MBP 16": When using it as 1/4 screen brightness, 1/8 keyboard brightness, no music or video playing, no energy intensive tasks going on besides Chrome running 2 tabs max the battery drains 10% per hour. When using Illustrator, photoshop, Blender (just futzing around. Not rendering anything) it barely makes it past 5-6 hours.

Apple keeps saying it's fine. The battery health shows 100%. Only 5 cycles on battery.

But this can't be normal right?

 

[FreakinEurekan]

It’s fine. Power it completely OFF for 4 days, and the battery won’t drain.

 

[Rok73]

I think you're worrying way too much about battery. Let it fully charge, use it, let it do its thing. Really.

 

[Asianpork]

I think you're worrying way too much about battery. Let it fully charge, use it, let it do its thing. Really.

You're right but I specifically got an MBP over a Mac Studio so I could have a powerhouse laptop to be mobile with and get amazing battery life. I am overthinking it, I know, but is that much battery drain normal?

 

[maerz001]

You're right but I specifically got an MBP over a Mac Studio so I could have a powerhouse laptop to be mobile with and get amazing battery life. I am overthinking it, I know, but is that much battery drain normal?

Yes

 

[giffut]

You have the max model with high gpu, ram and ssd count. Those significantly influence battery consumption. Only the base model 16 MBP gets the maximum battery life advertised.

 

[astorre]

You're right but I specifically got an MBP over a Mac Studio so I could have a powerhouse laptop to be mobile with and get amazing battery life. I am overthinking it, I know, but is that much battery drain normal?

So you want powerhouse, be mobile, amazing battery life. Now be realistic, you can only have 2/3 of thouse things at the same time. You bought MAX config so you wont get MAX battery life.

 

[Fishrrman]

If you're going to put it down and leave it for 3 days (or even 2 or just 1), why not power it OFF?

The battery will stay in better shape that way.

 

[hovscorpion12]

If on Wi-fi, then the internet is still being used to collect emails, search for updates, perform tasks in the background while in sleep. A 7% battery drop in 4 days is still solid.

I'd only start to panic if after 4 days the battery drops from 80% to 30%. Then I'd suggest looking at the battery section to see what's draining