A Closer Look At The Linux Laptop Power Use Between Ubuntu, Fedora, Clear & Antergos

On the two laptops where Clear Linux was tested, it delivered the fastest 7-Zip performance followed by Antergos and Fedora.

On a performance-per-Watt basis, Clear Linux continued to deliver the best result.

Lastly is a look at the battery power consumption use over the course of all the load benchmarks carried out on these three laptops and four Linux operating systems. On the newest and most powerful laptop in this comparison, the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon, Fedora Workstation 28 had the lowest average power draw at 16.3 Watts while Antergos came in at 16.4 Watts and then Ubuntu 18.04 LTS at 16.6 Watts. Clear Linux had an average power draw of 17.2 Watts but was generally delivering the best performance. On the ASUS UX301LAA laptop the outcome was similar with Clear Linux having a slightly higher power draw but with better performance and a similar peak power draw among the tested Linux distributions. On the UX32VDA IvyBridge laptop is where Ubuntu 18.04 LTS ended up having a noticeably higher power draw than the other Linux distributions tested.