Originally posted by Kemosabe
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But anyway, it's power protector IC supports 5v 2A. According to the tech specs, the device should use 0.5A if no USB devices are connected, though I'm not sure if that's under load.
The CPU is an A5, which is supposed to be very power efficient, however, Hardkernel has a tendency to overclock their devices. I think the A5 was only supposed to go up to 800MHz, but this is at 1500MHz. Pretty huge step up, however, it still doesn't appear to require a heatsink. That being said, it still must be pretty power efficient.
There is a very good chance that in terms of performance-per-watt, this board is far more efficient than the Pi.
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