How long can they last? | ULTIMATE BATTERY TEST

[@saiphaneeshk.h.5482]

Man all these must have cost an ARM or 2.

[@therealnotanerd_account2]

I believe it was 4

[@lakshitgupta3025]

nice pun

[@ndyabagyehenry]

Ha , Elite joke 😉

[@andrewwood6529]

Ohhh nice one

[@michael_thq]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@Blazercraft100]

Just want to say I'm a recent subscriber and your coverage of these laptops have been top notch. All other reviews I watched left me feeling unsatisfied they did not feel empirical like yours do. In addition your perspective of a developer helps a lot as I too am a developer

[@dotTomdotcom]

Agreed on Alex's very good coverage of these new devices.

[@gabrielcarbray3921]

Same

[@MadafakinRio]

true, really good videos

[@HarisAzriel]

This is the best battery test I've ever seen on the internet. No more wishy-washy unrealistic tests by reviewers, but one that is scientific.

[@akin242002]

I always view it from 2 types of tests. A) How long can I binge watch Netflix on a flight ✈️. This shows the true max battery life. B) Battery life doing my routine use of my laptop. Not the max battery life, but abused battery life.

[@deliciouspops]

scientific? would we consider how much displays drain the battery. different sizes, different technologies, etc.

[@HarisAzriel]

@@deliciouspops I'm talking in relative here. At the very least Alex have tested the battery life of these laptops so much better than your average reviewers. So, what I meant by scientific is that his methodology and analysis are "more" scientific.

[@RomPereira]

Alex is kicking ass. He is no joke. If you can, become a member.

[@fakuridesne]

@@HarisAzriel agreed.

[@AkashAgrawal03]

A couple of ways you can make the charts easier to consume: 1. For bar/charts like efficiency chart, it easier to parse if the bars are arranged in ascending or descending. That quickly lets people know the best, worst as well as where their particular interest ranks. 2. For other charts, the legend should be sorted according to value. So for units of work done, the sort the legend for units of work done. Same reason as above. Great video!

[@coolvinay]

Agree, those charts are hard to read especially the battery drain vs work done with the dots being almost similar colored and hopping all around, its very hard to map which laptop is which.

[@unclnis]

+1

[@omlanke3466]

It would also be great if the charts used colours. Something like Apple laptops having shades of red, Intel ones having blue shades, and Snapdragons with some other colour

[@justmatt2655]

@@omlanke3466 apple could be white/silver, Intel blue and Snapdragon yellow

[@itsamemarkus]

This is how every review should be done. Thanks

[@hieronymus932]

Thanks!

[@AZisk]

thank you very much!

[@nathanfranck5822]

This is an AMAZING benchmark - congrats

[@jaycee9385]

It's an ARMazing benchmark.

[@nathanfranck5822]

@@jaycee9385 These new chips are far from ARMless

[@AdityaKumar2128]

6:21, 70 KWH Capacity😐, also the amount of effort it takes to create these types of videos is just mind blowing

[@AZisk]

ykwim

[@fidelisitor8953]

Could power my house a whole day with that 70KWh laptop battery 😂

[@andrewkuhne2586]

I think its 70kmah battery? 70KWA would drive a Tesla

[@sihamhamda47]

@@fidelisitor8953 Or spending a whole year using the laptop without ever charging it

[@einnotizblock2702]

@@andrewkuhne2586 70kmAh would be equivalent to 70Ah. Still way too much. He means 70Wh there.

[@SixPathsOfJin]

Also note that the Surface Laptop 7 with X Plus is running at 120hz vs 60hz on the MacBook Air M3. Impressive!

[@flexairz]

Hz not hz

[@johngwheeler]

Getting capitalisation of units right *is* important though. Consider a disk with 500mb/s throughout compared to one with 500MB/s… That’s 500 milli-bits per second (1 milli-bit = 1/8000 of a byte per second) or 500 mega-bytes per second…. The second one would take 2 seconds to transfer a 1GB file….the first one would take 507 *years* 😂

[@cryspidey5315]

@@flexairz oh thank you for the correction. I thought he meant hoonga zoonga for a minute

[@Ghost_Pants11]

M3 pro has also 120

[@PradiptaGitaya]

@@flexairzNo differences, unlike MB/s and Mb/s

[@ronaldvargo4113]

I am really enjoying my Surface Laptop 7 15". The all day battery is killer along instant off when closing the lid and almost zero battery drain while asleep. My workload is a bit different, but I do many code reviews and builds per day and spend a lot of time on Teams and Zoom calls and like you have Spotify playing music. I have seen a 20% left on the batter after 14 hours of use. Other reviewers out there either have a chip on their shoulder and they are out to discredit the new Windows on Arm devices, or they never read that gaming isn't the intended use case. Microsoft and Qualcomm has a winner with the Snapdragon X Plus and Elite chips.

[@mechwar]

Does it have the X elite or Plus?

[@ronaldvargo4113]

@@mechwar X1E-80-100 (elite) 12 Core 4 GHz boost

[@VerseVibes09]

get a macbook, can done your work very well, atleast more better than surface laptop and it is macbook so battery is never an issue

[@shrishpotdar343]

@@VerseVibes09 I believe he already bought a laptop, and just buying a new laptop might be kind of wasteful dude?

[@chrislee4485]

I gave up on surface series n other windows based laptops after years of suffering poor battery life on the go. A laptop that can drain its battery to zero within a few weeks after fully shut down. A joke. Macbook pro has recently become my first apple laptop n its battery life is unbelievably legendary long indeed

[@Tiana_Rakoto]

This is gonna be sick, thank you for doing this for us! You're the best

[@joshuaprecious]

4:42 The Full charge capacity is actually more that the design capacity on the report

[@Winnetou17]

Yeah, he didn't realize that.

[@aruncs3438]

yes

[@prateekparbat]

@@joshuaprecious it’s very normal for that to happen; it’s just so that charge capacity should not be less than design capacity just so not to get any quality control issues or complaints, if it is less than that raises an obvious red flag.

[@germank7924]

maybe it's normal but the good Ser is not used to seeing this, which is how he ended up reading out the opposite of what he was seeing

[@DawitAndargachew]

Yes, I wanted to comment on that, but you have already done so. Nice catch 👍.

[@innocent7048]

Nice work. Here is some help with the expenses. / Stephen 👍

[@AZisk]

amazing! Thank you so much!

[@Notnow22]

That settles it, I'm going for the X Plus. I've seen other videos where the X Plus not only is basically on par with the X Elite, but sometimes even outperforms it. And since it's been proven to be the more efficient chip, that's my top pick given that I am a fairly light user. Thanks for the great work, Alex!

[@shalokshalom]

I think so as well.

[@shalokshalom]

I think the biggest issue will be, to find laptops who will use it. I personally will not go without an OLED as an example.

[@shaneterrell]

I miss the slimmer and lighter form factor and OLED display on my previous Robo & Kala, but otherwise I am very happy I went with the base model Surface Pro with Snapdragon X Plus.

[@RomPereira]

@@shalokshalom Also only 16 GB versions... no 32.

[@rezaulkarim7703]

@@shalokshalom Lenovo has a new Yoga slim 7X that uses the X-Plus chip with an OLED display. The build quality is top notch, full metal body.

[@cladadverse]

So refreshing to see that someone talks about laptops outside of benchmarks and loop video tests (always baseless tests).

[@MrK.youtube]

This is what we needed. Most practical benchmark for our use-case. Tested like a true developer!

[@RomPereira]

"The Schwarzenegger Battery Endurance Test" - by Alex Ziskind (Toughest of Them All)

[@wolffweber7019]

Alex runs on coffee, not battery, so apples to oranges 😎

[@LukeBarousse]

Alex, you're tempting me WAAAYYYY to much to convert from Mac

[@brandonw1604]

The Windows ARM laptops suck, people trying to actually do work on them are getting real issues.

[@Panmiszcz-lv4mk]

I think the next gen arm CPUs for windows are gonna be great

[@vickeythegamer7527]

Next gen should have effecency core like cortex 730 or x4 also better GPU with RTX hope they fix all software related issues before launching new series like intel and keep improving like intel 😊

[@PseudoProphet]

Wait one more generation. The first generation of everything is always shitty.

[@Rusty01]

@@brandonw1604 the issues people are getting are due to the software not yet being native to windows on arm not due to the laptops themselves, over time these issues will be solved when software becomes native. Apples M1 also had issues like this when it first launched so dont act like apple is perfect, nobody is. When the second generation of this chip is released we will also have greater advancements, competition is good. Respect to Apple, but just cause your a fanboy doesnt mean you should hate

[@JoshMiller3]

Alex, your reviews have set a new standard. I'm officially only listening to your opinions over LTT and MKBHD

[@Executor009]

MKBHD is dropping the ball big time with snapdragons x, very few videos lately.

[@shiftto]

@@Executor009 not enough time, he has many other fields to review like cars recently

[@BigOrangeMan]

​@@Executor009 im sure those apple fanboys doesn't have a windows device in 10 mile radius

[@thetabletopskirmisher]

​@@BigOrangeManapple fanboys. Windows fanboys. ARM fanboys. Linus fanboys. Why is there still a compulsive need to label users? Are you still feeling insecure or something?

[@boxlad7583]

@@thetabletopskirmisher tbf MKBHD has been exposed as an Apple shill, it's pretty much confirmed that he just sells out for them. Linus not so much, but LTT is still not what I would consider an unbiased or scientific approach to tech reviewing

[@AlmorTech]

Oh man, your content is more and more professional in any way! So amazing!

[@AZisk]

Glad you think so!

[@AlmorTech]

@@AZisk you know I’m enjoying your creativity, but last videos quality subjectively feels like an explosion for me. It’s 700k+ sub content! Please keep it up and enjoy the process 😊

[@iikatinggangsengii2471]

thanks, both system doing really well for the purpose so thanks to everyones hard work its alot easier to distinguish sounds now, and more importantly to spot their strengths

[@johannes523]

Dude, your channel is like literally one of the few best on KZbin! I recently bought a Yoga Slim 7x with X Elite after watching ALL of your videos

[@MaxTechOfficial]

Awesome video! X Elite is killing it!

[@okman9684]

Hi Max

[@AZisk]

thank you!

[@cosmicreaverkassadin1143]

@@MaxTechOfficial no its not

[@migovas1483]

@@cosmicreaverkassadin1143 is pretty close if you consider cost and performance...

[@midorifox]

Yeah, it's killing the market with slop. Arm is a plague, if only you knew how bad things really were.

[@chytrik]

Díky!

[@AZisk]

thanks so much!

[@TheBigBazzy]

Love it Alex. You clearly lean towards Macs yet you are not a fan boy. You give a proper real world tests of everything and have a good understanding of all systems. This type of coverage is refreshing.

[@sinahoseini]

The Snapdragon X plus is the one to get! Great power usage to performance ratio and good pricing!

[@chetanhs123]

My man doing the real reviews out here on youtube thank you so much alex please keep doing the awesome work!!

[@SarimAshrafi]

Wow Surface with X Plus wins. Did not expect that!

[@ricarmig]

The X plus is the most energy efficient all, because it is not designed to go all way up in the frequency where you need far more energy for a little extra performance. For most people it’s the best option.

[@SixPathsOfJin]

​@@ricarmigWild because the X Plus is actually faster than the M3 in multicore performance

[@ranjitmandal1612]

😨

[@ricarmig]

@@SixPathsOfJin that for sure , but let’s not talk about graphics performance there the M3 is several times faster than the snapdragon

[@fredrickbambino]

@@ricarmig They made a good choice not trying to outperform in graphics because people aren’t buying those laptops to game. Battery is more important.

[@mio1201]

man, you are the GOAT for sure, thanks a lot for your work!

[@simon3121]

Thanks

[@AZisk]

thank you much!

[@asadehsan7409]

Finally a developer tech tuber with real dev task based battery test of these snapdragon chips ❤ Looks promising but would probably skip this generation as by next year they would get all their drivers and emulation sorted out to be more stable.

[@hajjex_9086]

And I wondered why you have not been uploading lately.... That's AWESOME Thanks for the video For the effort you made into developing code just to attain accurate results that suits YOU and your viewers. 👏 Mad respect

[@AZisk]

this one took some time

[@steveyoung101]

Frankly speaking, we do not work 24/7. At some point we will connect the laptop with the power cable and charge it. Any laptop that can run more than 15 hours a day without charging is good enough. Nowadays, products are priced above the necessary usages (oversell features to users).

[@unjordi]

Dude. Gracias! 🫶 Greetings from Mexico City ❤

[@AZisk]

de nada

[@TyronPowell]

Great setup and review!

[@AZisk]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@samclark3879]

This has been my experience with my Surface Laptop 7 Plus. The battery life has been amazing!

[@michalthemichal3550]

This is an awesome video that noone else is making, thank you! However, I feel like for the sake of clarity you could remove some of laptops from the graphs to make them more readable and perhaps include the full graphs in the description for the people who want to know more.

[@garrettrinquest1605]

Add someone who watches Gamers Nexus videos, this wasn't that many. Having different colors would be nice though. Maybe apple sillicon in one, Snapdragon in another, and Intel in a third

[@harshamesta]

This is what I actually waiting for 😅.

[@prithvivp3623]

you nailed it man, It's too good. Your tests are so accurate.

[@nBasterd]

You earned and deserve my like!

[@TheRealMafoo]

Nothing to say. Just so impressed with the work you did here, I am adding a comment to appease the KZbin algorithm gods

[@mahinahmed7320]

your reviews are the only ones that make sense

[@chromefuture5561]

Thank you for this gorgeous review.I appreciate the time you spent on writing the test😊❤

[@moneyisenergy]

Thank you for this nice video Alex

[@AZisk]

My pleasure!

[@santiripper]

¡Gracias!

[@AZisk]

thanks a lot!

[@el_manu_el_]

Amazing work, thank you Alex 🎉

[@marcustmusic]

Finally, the first video actually showcasing a battery comparison between X Elite, M-series, and Intel. Thank you. I daily drive an M1 Air and this kinda gave me more confidence that switching to Mac from Windows was a good call. I get a solid 12-18 hours of battery.

[@RayBlaxe]

The effort for these videos is wild🔥. Need more appreciation and recognition

[@D4aniB]

Man, such a quality content... Lot of work here. Thanks!

[@mni8921]

Shine Man. Thats what most of us wanted to see. Majority of the buyers are not interested in gaming, or benchmark score. We want the machine to do everything, with productivity (coding, office works etc.) at highest priority. You are the only reviewer whose video we wait for.

[@psyway07]

I love data, this is literally the best battery test video on here.

[@PhanorColl]

finally, real tests, just amazing work. congrats. as a developer myself, love seeing this..

[@SeniorCharry]

I bought a new surface pro and I was shocked with how long the battery lasted. I went to bed after a full day of use and my pro still had about 30% battery left. I did notice that playing 3D games like Halo 3 and Reach destroyed the battery life, which was expected, but games like Master Duel and 2D platformers was just fine even after hours of play. I also watched a couple of movies, drew in photoshop and browsed the web during the day and the battery was just fine. I’m pretty happy with my purchase.

[@ppasieka]

Wow, what an excellent and practical benchmark! I really appreciate how you've focused on simulating real-world daily usage for office and programming work. It's refreshing to see tests that actually reflect how most of us use our laptops, instead of unrealistic scenarios or artificial workflows. I found this much more insightful and relevant than some other channels' benchmarks (like Max Tech's). Your approach gives a much clearer picture of how these laptops would perform in day-to-day professional use. Great job on putting together such a comprehensive and realistic comparison. This video is definitely a valuable resource for anyone considering an ARM-based laptop for work or programming. Keep up the fantastic content!

[@lgabss187]

This is the best video about battery performance I have ever seen on KZbin. Thanks a lot!

[@mangastas]

The Best review tests. You deserve to be subscribed 😊

[@CoachKolton]

Holy god my brother! I’m so impressed at how much work you’ve done just for this video

[@nickd7935]

This is some off the best review content I've ever seen. Correct workload, scientific, and presents the right data, but enough data to actually make real purchasing decisions. Please don't stop, you and LTT Labs are my only trusted source for laptop reviews right now. You've gained a subscriber.

[@RichWithTech]

Well said, most these testers fail to account for the fact that a more powerful computer will do more benchmark "loops" (aka work) before it dies and then just announce the last standing as the winner, even though it's got a 15w chip that did 1/3 the work. Thankfully we have Mr Ziskind

[@ap99149]

Alex - yet again, you have nailed it. It isn't just about battery life, it is about efficiency - and I haven't seen any other reviewers do this. Brilliant test, brilliant video and I'm thoroughly enjoying this series on the new QCOM chips. Also, kudos on the script - impressive.

[@itiswhatitis-yes]

Thank you soooo much for the tests!!!

[@centuriomacro9787]

Great testing! I wonder how many people use their laptop in performance mode when on battery. I use mine always on balanced. This gives most of the performance while being a lot cooler and letting the CPU use more efficient operating points.

[@jaironino6545]

Alex you are amazing dude, keep up the good work!

[@silentnook4371]

What a great test, Alex! ❤

[@Qrzychu92]

the only thing I can "criticize" is the lack of AMD CPUs, but man, this is how you do it. Awesome video, awesome test, keep up the good work!

[@doser2775]

Amazing effort put into this video 🙌

[@roccociccone597]

you're literally my favourite channel to watch when it comes to laptop reviews. Finally somebody tests what we devs do and not those standard video editing and rendering rubbish we never do xD.

[@josephbledsoe1333]

You’re a hero… as someone trying to decide between these machines, this is EXACTLY what I’ve been waiting to see

[@andrianridhariawan]

Great video, this is what i want to see, not just video test

[@bluishpenguin7342]

You are soooo amazing, i dont know much about software but these test are lovely

[@jacklwipa1187]

9:42, Yep Alex is built different. I’m always excited to come see your amazing content.

[@iikatinggangsengii2471]

guess theyre for fun only, might as well buy an airpods

[@iikatinggangsengii2471]

i mean as well

[@navixaxa5023]

This has to be the only Battery Life Test I've seen in a long time that has left me satisfied. Thank God I stumbled upon your channel. At least I can see the parameters on which you're basing your claims. And the parameters are actually representative of real-world usage. Not dumb shit like watching Netflix for 20 hours like seriosuly. Whenever people spew that shit out, the first thing I'm reminded of is high school math, where some Jackass is buying 87 Watermelons and what not lmao. Keep up the good work.

[@KMoviesScenes]

I've never seen that kind of effort or even any close to a laptop battery comparison. Keep the hard work.

[@Facegramdin]

I don't usually comment on videos, but I'm doing so to help increase its reach. Hats off to you for your hard work!

[@AZisk]

I appreciate that!

[@arielargo]

Wow! This is very thorough work, time and effort! No reviewer goes through this level of effort! Thank you for that! I was surprised with the results! The M3 Macbook Air is impressive!

[@mahamib]

I was actually considering the x plus version of Surface laptops, and to see it fared best is quite good

[@Machiato123]

I nearly never comment, but I just want to apreciate your work! Awesome video!

[@RocketFever22]

This is a good lesson of how to do a good review. Much appreciated Alex!

[@charlesvandeweghe5002]

Really helpful video. Thanks for doing such a thoughtful and thorough job of measuring laptop efficiency.

[@Locationary]

Literally doing gods work, Subbed, definitely coming to this channel next time I buy a laptop.

[@DiabloVal]

People don't realize how much work it takes to do something like this. Hats off to you man

[@iikatinggangsengii2471]

like any tech youtuber here really, you need to reach certain experience to finally can do reviews

[@iikatinggangsengii2471]

but thanks

[@thewillsfamilyaccount6486]

Nicely done! 😊

[@akyhne]

Nice and thorough. But did you set the displays to have the same brightness in nits?

[@MarkO-s7z]

Great video, strong mind and incredible work ethic. Wow! Keep up the good work Alex.

[@thefullbridgerectifier]

This was awesome, thanks Alex!

[@karatedava]

very well done and well documented benchmark :)

[@ruykava]

I just want to say thank you. This is the absolute best battery test I've ever seen in my life!

[@BreakerBro]

Bro your videos is awesome! Never saw a tech KZbinr investing this much effort

[@AZisk]

I appreciate that!

[@Morok2]

Always a delight to check out your videos. It's on one side well explained, technical but also fun to watch, funny overall. Thank you for doing it man, we love you.

[@suryas5609]

Hey Alex, good work! very comprehensive and technical. could you please tell me which software you used to prepare these charts? and how did you collect the data.

[@TanerYener]

amazing testing as expected from a developer. thanks for all.

[@nsaiswaroop2014]

"Superb explanation. Using charts and showing how the battery test was actually done was excellent work. The way you explained each and every point reminds me of my college professor. I will call you Professor Alex

[@efronic]

Best comparison video I've seen on the internet, Meaningful useful.

[@Wuerazal]

Such as great video dude, really apriciate it!

[@tstille]

Love the content Alex, thanks!

[@max-to-max]

Thank you, Alex 😊

[@marcomarchi2490]

Wow, this video is incredible. Keep it up!

[@dpodjasek]

That was a really fun way to visualize the benchmark. Nicely done!

[@AZisk]

Glad you liked it!

[@pracsi0909]

All the Amazing KZbinr but you are in my opinion the best. 😊 Nice greetings from Austria

[@percy9228]

probably the best benchmark video out their. honestly the effort , time, energy, money, skill+expertise, is beyond 99.999% of people. You deserve a sub for that. well done

[@iikatinggangsengii2471]

thanks, thanks to audio companies willing to provide me the sounds, at risk of leaking important secret maybe

[@brucesyvertsen2147]

Finally a test of machines that represents real world use. Excellent job! Happy to see how well my old? M1 16" Pro held up. Thanks again for a great job!