[mackmgg]

If you don't need all of the speed, I'd recommend disabling power boost. My i9 laptop averages ~10-15W with it disabled, compared to the ~20W my fridge uses. Even when maxed out CPU it's only ~40W, compared to ~100W with power boost enabled. That's more than double the power despite only being a modest speed increase!

[PaulDavisThe1st]

Given that I spend the day compiling C++ for a project that takes 11 mins to build from scratch, disabling power boost isn't really viable for me.

[londons_explore]

Unless you live on a very tight power budget (eg. van/boat life off-grid), the power your laptop uses is probably a rounding error with or without power boost.

Besides - power boost only affects usage when actually stressing the CPU, which for most people is rare. Gamers are probably the exception.