One of the challenges we run into with battery testing is that it's an imprecise science, very workload-dependent and varying over time as the lithium-ion battery ages.

Then again, this isn't a Clevo P177SM notebook review; it’s a graphics comparison. So while it's important to know that these systems sport 76.96 watt-hour batteries, gamers considering each of these modules will be more interested in how much heat they dissipate.

AMD's Radeon HD 8970M doesn’t properly report temperatures below a certain threshold, so we can only see how hot it gets under load.
All four notebooks use thermal fan controls to lock temperature between 60° and 70° Celsius, and none of them are forced to spin their coolers up to correspondingly-annoying noise levels.
- Getting A Bead On Mobile Graphics Performance
- Benchmarking Configurations
- Results: F1 2012 And Tomb Raider
- Results: Arma 3
- Results: Battlefield 4
- Results: Far Cry 3
- Results: Metro: Last Light
- Results: 3DMark
- Power And Heat
- Overall Performance And Efficiency
- Can The Fastest Mobile GPU Also Help Maximize Value?
I can honestly that I was not expecting Pitcairn to perform so well against GK104 while also maintaining lower power consumption!
I can honestly that I was not expecting Pitcairn to perform so well against GK104 while also maintaining lower power consumption!