Now that’s exactly what I meant. Even the numbers line up pretty nicely with mine, looks like 720 or 1080 don’t make a huge difference here.
Software decoding is only more efficient below a certain threshold though, 4k 60 sw decoding is like 20W vs the 12 with hw decoding but the 12 are still way more than it takes on my old thinkpad (7.7).
You may want to get that one added to the open issue list thread.
1W over idle for 1080p playback is much better than what even my thinkpad did so that would indeed be a massive win.