https://community.intel.com/t5/Mobile-and-Desktop-Processors/Which-CPU-Best-performance-Minimum-power/m-p/187377#M25 <P>My i3 540 records 23 watts at idle, according to the motherboard. Not too much more when doing basic tasks.</P><P></P><P>If you want the lowest total, your best bet is either a low end core or a mobile core2, with speed step. I can't find anything on realworld at the moment, but I know it is out there. Search tomshardware/anandtech/hardocp/etc</P> Wed, 21 Apr 2010 19:32:37 GMT idata 2010-04-21T19:32:37Z https://community.intel.com/t5/Mobile-and-Desktop-Processors/Which-CPU-Best-performance-Minimum-power/m-p/187376#M24 <P>Hi!</P><P></P><P>i´m looking for a Proc with very little power consumption.......the lowest</P><P>but i need also performance for mixing audio</P><P></P><P>TDP isnt too accurate in some cases, I heard</P><P></P><P>so....anyone knows something about REAL power consumption???</P><P></P><P>I´m looking for something with 4 cores</P><P>tnks </P> Fri, 16 Apr 2010 11:53:38 GMT https://community.intel.com/t5/Mobile-and-Desktop-Processors/Which-CPU-Best-performance-Minimum-power/m-p/187376#M24 idata 2010-04-16T11:53:38Z https://community.intel.com/t5/Mobile-and-Desktop-Processors/Which-CPU-Best-performance-Minimum-power/m-p/187377#M25 <P>My i3 540 records 23 watts at idle, according to the motherboard. Not too much more when doing basic tasks.</P><P></P><P>If you want the lowest total, your best bet is either a low end core or a mobile core2, with speed step. I can't find anything on realworld at the moment, but I know it is out there. Search tomshardware/anandtech/hardocp/etc</P> Wed, 21 Apr 2010 19:32:37 GMT https://community.intel.com/t5/Mobile-and-Desktop-Processors/Which-CPU-Best-performance-Minimum-power/m-p/187377#M25 idata 2010-04-21T19:32:37Z