Battery life (Framework 16)

[RandomRanger]

@NikitaK

UPD: I’ve removed the Graphics Module, and the power consumption went down by around 1.5W, to 8.5W at idle, which still seems a bit too high for me.

8.5W at idle is high. Are you running power-profiles-daemon or powertop --auto-tune?

@TenPin

Did you get down to 4 watts idle on a FW16 or FW13? What settings/distro are you using to get that low? I’m on Ubuntu 24.04, kernel 6.8 with PPD + Powertop and I can only get down to 6 watts idle on my FW16 with no dGPU.

I was able to hit 4.5W on my FW16 doing what I mentioned above, but on Gentoo instead of Arch Linux. I’m not sure where the difference is, I’m still tracking that down. Hopefully it’s not all savings from compiler optimization. On Arch the lowest I get is around 5.5W.

Relevant thread:

Framework 16 Power Consumption Benchmarks

I’ve been doing some tests on Framework 16 power consumption, and wanted to share my results so far. Feel free to share your thoughts, or questions in this thread so everyone can get the best battery life and performance out of their Framework 16. Test Setup Batch 3 Framework 16 7840HS 7700s module (or default fan module in some tests - noted when used) 4TB Lexar NM790 SSD 2x16GB Corsair DDR5-5600 Backlit Keyboard module, and trackpad module - backlight off in all tests 1xUSB-C and 1xUSB-A mod…