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by n3k5 1939 days ago
> The 39W max draw probably assumes the display is on?

No, this is the number for the Mac Mini, which is the obvious choice if you wanted a machine for maxing out an M1 24/7. (The Air peaks at about 30W, which it can't sustain for long unless it's in a rather cold environment.) So it has nothing to do with the display's power consumption.

Maxing out just the GPU while the rest of the machine isn't doing much would get you well below 39W, though.