There may be great power savings thanks to the new GPU

[Darajavahus]

Seems not many people care about that, but if you do the new 2020 iMac is 8W less at idle, my guess that is because of the new GPU

https://www.apple.com/environment/pdf/products/desktops/27-inch_iMac_with_Retina5KDisplay_PER_Aug2020.pdf

https://www.apple.com/environment/pdf/products/desktops/27-inch_iMac_with_Retina5KDisplay_PER_Mar2019.pdf

In PC comparisons of RX 580 vs RX 5500 XT it uses 10W less at idle and also uses 85W less at load, this is a great video

I could save up to 387 EUR after four years! But then Apple Silicon will bring even greater savings... so wait or get this 🤔😩

 

[sco]

Some of the gains will be due to the lack of spinning rust.

 

[ondert]

i’m tired of hoping for things due to tim’s laziness..
the same crappy cooling is a deal breaker for me. I’m considering an itx PC/hackintosh build now if AS can’t run some of softwares I use.