PS3 Power Consumption

[Speed_399]

Well, many sites of the world wide web are writing that PS3 should consume something like 380watts

but is it a real data ? did someone test real consumption on idle and stress state ?

Imho it's hard to belive that is consuming double than a 360 with internal power supply and no overheating problems (or am i wrong?)

sorry for my english

 

[Shifty Geezer]

That's based on the PSU ratings. The actual draw is less. I think I read somewhere 200 Watts, but can't be sure.

 

[Darkon]

http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/av/docs/20061111/ps3.htm

Because with the interview of Headquarters Chief SCE Kawanishi “as for those where load is highest it was the gameâ€￾, when you play each game “of resistanceâ€￾ and “GENJIâ€￾ simply, there was also a thing which exceeds 190W from the 180W latter half, but there was no thing which reaches in 200W. Although it is the simple measurement which used the watt checker, the usual utilization time if you think the 160W latter half ~180W latter half, it is appealing.

 

[DeathKnight]

Have someone hook it up to a Kill-A-Watt and then you'lll know.

 

[Speed_399]

I hope someone will do it soon

 

[Mmmkay]

Have someone hook it up to a Kill-A-Watt and then you'lll know.

As Darkon's link shows, AV Watch did exactly that:

 

[London Geezer]

That's not bad at all!

 

[DeathKnight]

As Darkon's link shows, AV Watch did exactly that

lol, my bad :smile:

 

[ShootMyMonkey]

http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/NEWS/20061111/123434/?ref=ML

They used a different power meter which seems to give some higher figures, perhaps compensating for something else like PFC or whatever. Because of that, they had a baseline of 180W while navigating the XMB vs. the 160-ish that AV Watch had. They apparently got it to go as high as 205W. The conditions under which it changes seems to suggest that the Bluray drive is quite the hog. Spinning up the spindle caused a 20W jump, and playing a bluray movie continuously was about 15W over the baseline. Compared to an actual in-gameplay figure where it was fluctuating between 10 and 25 W over baseline (presumably streaming data at the high points).

 

[Mmmkay]

Thanks for the update, it's nice to have a secondary source to support the general findings, albeit 10% out. But that's not really unexpected for tests like these.

 

[Nesh]

The power consumption I assume changes according to what the hardware is doing. So there should be variations in consumption.

So th equestion is what was the PS3 doing in each voltage counting?

 

[ShootMyMonkey]

So th equestion is what was the PS3 doing in each voltage counting?

I'm assuming that you ask the question since you can't parse babelfish or read Japanese, but it is written there in those articles.

AV Watch's figures :
150-170 W -- starting up
160-170 W -- navigating in XMB
170-180 W -- Playing BD movie disc
~180 W -- Playing AVHCD
180-199? W -- Playing games (e.g. RFOM, Genji, apparently never crossing 200 W)

Tech-on's figures :
max 180 W -- navigating in XMB
200 W -- when inserting game disc and spindle spins up
187 W -- when game's opening movie is playing
190-205 W -- playing game (don't seem to mention which game)
195 W -- playing BD movie disc

 

[djskribbles]

Is it possible for Sony to reduce the power consumption with their firmware updates? Has anyone tested the power consumption (specifically the launch units) lately? I use my PS3 for Blu-Ray movies as well, but since I have a giftcard at an electronics store, I'm tempted to buy a standalone.

 

[DrJay24]

There are newer threads with better data on console wattage.

 

[Zassk]

Newer PS3's use much less power. I saw a table somewhere recently, but I can't seem to find it on Google.

The new Jasper 360's only use 105 W or so. The newest PS3's are only a little higher, 125 W or something.

 

[djskribbles]

Newer PS3's use much less power. I saw a table somewhere recently, but I can't seem to find it on Google.

The new Jasper 360's only use 105 W or so. The newest PS3's are only a little higher, 125 W or something.

Thanks, but I was kind of wondering if the launch units (which is what I have) use the same power as previously recorded by other sites (which are quite old).

There are newer threads with better data on console wattage.

I was going to make a new thread and this one popped up in the suggestions. Don't think a more recent one showed up.

Edit: nm, I guess there is a more recent one. Sorry.

 

[holsty101]

Thanks, but I was kind of wondering if the launch units (which is what I have) use the same power as previously recorded by other sites (which are quite old).

Surely power consumption is a fixed aspect of the hardware & therefore not liable to change via firmware?

 

[Shifty Geezer]

There is perhaps a feint chance of firmware changes activating power-saving in the CPU that was missed at launch, but it's a very feint one. There certainly is some head scratching over why PS3 uses as much power as it does idling. Doing no work at all, most of the CPU could be switched off and the GPU downclocked or something to save energy, like laptops do. Instead there appear to be virtually no power saving features in operation at all.

 

[phat]

Power saving features aren't usually missed. They're instead usually poorly designed by the HW team and the firmware folks are left with something very difficult or impossible to work with. It may take several firmware updates to implement or fix the power savings features, if ever.

 

[Scott_Arm]

Luckily the location of my ps3 allows me to switch it off the power supply easily.