I litterally gained one hour off my charged battery when I switched these two settings off, just a week ago, and I keep my browser up to date. So not for me.
You sound like 1.125 watts is insignificant to a laptop, but my laptop idles around 6 watts and it is currently using 8 watts since I've got some stuff running. Shaving off 1.125 watts is a 14-19% improvement.
privatelypublic|6 months ago
I propose the below as various factors that can be larger:
Slower fan speed because of lower ambient temperature.
Different dark/light ratio and/or adaptive screen brightness.
Wifi spectrum congestion, variable power levels to maintain proper SNR.
Wifi/ethernet- broadcast packets.
The list goes on. Most of these are below a watt, but demonstrate the point that you've got a lot more variables than just one setting in a browser.
craftkiller|6 months ago