XL1201 Power Consumption

Sun, 26 Jun 2016 21:32:29 +0000

I was asked how much power is used by the XL1201. Here are a few data points…

With the XL1201 sitting idle it takes the same amount as calculating (fib 36), so apparently the CPU is running at a constant speed at all times.

When the console goes into sleep mode (after 20 minutes by default), power usage doesn’t appreciably drop.

With the XL1201 running a 15,000 RPM Seagate Cheetah X15 drive (ST318451LW), it doesn’t really take all that much more power.

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