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I was in the same boat, but in my case I finally figured out that it wasn't that the hardware that couldn't do it, I realized the configuration wasn't optimized.

So I'll share my number one optimization trick. Install powertop and get familiar with all the tabs it provides.

Use: sudo powertop --auto-tune

it can make a HUGE difference.

After a while all the tricks started to snowball and I was able to set up my laptop so I could swap between nvidia discrete graphics (2-3 hours off a full battery) and the integrated Intel Xe graphics (13.5 hours off a full battery). Power consumption on suspend under intel graphics is negligible. Wake is flawless. Now I find myself wishing I knew windows better so I could get the same graphics-swap-trick working under windows too (dual booted system).



Personally I prefer TLP to powertop, they even have a FAQ page on the differences. https://linrunner.de/tlp/faq/powertop.html


Thanks! I’m not familiar with TLP, but I’ll check it out.




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