Operating Guidelines
Version 1.30
17.1
12.1
11.9
9.3
24.3
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
Watts
EP IA M 10000 EP IA V10000 EP IA V8000 EP IA VE5000
Intel 845-
based M B
P entium 4
1.7G
Idle
In this comparison, the power consumed while standing idle is compared and the VIA
EPIA V-Series mainboards draw around 35% of the power that the Intel reference
platform draws.
30.4
24.4
24.9
14
71.1
0
10
20
30
40
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60
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80
Watts
EPIA M 10 0 0 0
EPIA V 10 0 0 0
EPIA V 8 0 0 0
EPIA V E50 0 0
Int el 8 4 5- b ased
M B Pent ium 4
1.7G
Running Office Apps
The comparison above uses CC Winstone 2001 to compare power consumption while carrying
out standard office tasks like word processing, manipulating spreadsheets and database work. In
this comparison, the fanless VIA EPIA VE5000 mainboard uses around 20% of the power used
by the reference platform.
