https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1229999 https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1229999#c1 --- Comment #1 from varval761 <variable_valuables761@simplelogin.com> --- Created attachment 877077 --> https://bugzilla.suse.com/attachment.cgi?id=877077&action=edit openSUSE Krypton powertop output (Overview & Device stats) (Also tested Tumbleweed and had same powerstat results) -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1229999 https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1229999#c3 --- Comment #3 from varval761 <variable_valuables761@simplelogin.com> --- I'm not sure how Windows 11 power usage compares since I'm not sure how to measure it in the same way that powertop does, but let me know if there's a way and I can report that as well. The idle CPU/GPU temperatures and fan noise both seem noticeably lower in Windows though compared to both tested distros. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1229999 https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1229999#c6 Sebastian Turzański <dpbasti@wp.pl> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |dpbasti@wp.pl --- Comment #6 from Sebastian Turzański <dpbasti@wp.pl> --- Hi @takashi(In reply to Takashi Iwai from comment #4)

Have you tried adjusting via powertop --auto ?

Hi Takashi I remember having one bug report related to this topic. I was showing comparison between clean ubuntu and clean tumbleweed intall with ubuntu using 3-4 times less power in idle state. I think I was not convincing enough but now it is another person with another hardware stating the same. I tried to switch from power-profiles-daemon to TLP and results are very promising. I will add them below. Still a strange thing is that ubuntu uses PPD instead of TLP anyway... Hi , I did some testing , my setup is: • XP9700 with 4k display , dual NVME • brightness set to 20% • wifi on and connected, BT on and connected to mouse • OpenSuse Tumbleweed with latest updates and 6.7.5 kernel • KDE plasma 5.27.10 on Wayland and a number of autostart apps • I did restart before each test both for PowerProfilesDaemon (PPD) and TLP. PPD : in power-saving mode using KDE was a pain I experienced 1-2 seconds gui freezes, plasma animation stutters and I can literately feel system was extremely slow , still power consumption/discharge rate was huge on performance mode I the experience was OK but with a lot of heat forcing the fan to go crazy or if I forced thermal mode to quiet my laptop would burn my hands. TLP: all works smooth, no option to change modes in KDE plasma integration on power connect/disconnect events but it seams TLP is clever enough so no manual settings are required. Measurements: See the graph where I marked PPD with yellow and TLP with green. Conclusions : I changed to PPD some time ago when I discovered Alex’s Dell-power-manager app that supported it well, then I discovered PPD had nice integration with KDE plasma that allowed me (in gui) to set profile changes to power-saving when AC was disconnected. Now after comparing the data and the experiences I am reverting back to TLP and I recommend the same. See the graph attached. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1229999 https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1229999#c9 --- Comment #9 from varval761 <variable_valuables761@simplelogin.com> --- Interestingly, switching to TLP didn't lower power usage by more than maybe 1 Watt in either distro (compared to power-profiles-daemon) on my machine. Fedora Rawhide got as low as 13.7W, but Krypton only got as low as 24.0W. The CPU in this laptop is an AMD Ryzen 7 6800HS Creator Edition, and the dedicated GPU is an Nvidia RTX 3050 Mobile (but the built-in display is connected to the AMD integrated GPU). -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1229999 https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1229999#c11 --- Comment #11 from varval761 <variable_valuables761@simplelogin.com> --- I tested a few other distros, including Kubuntu and previous versions of Fedora and Tumbleweed, and they all had similar minimum idle power draw as the latest Tumbleweed/Krypton (25W+). So it seems so far that only recent Fedora versions have lower power draw (~14W). Does this maybe have any relevant info? https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/TunedAsTheDefaultPowerProfileManageme... (Fedora had less power draw even when replacing tuned with p-p-d or tlp though, in my previously mentioned tests) -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.