New millimeter-wave 5G devices and chipsets have made significant progress in power use and compared to earlier iterations, according to new benchmark testing by Signals Research Group. SRG looked at the devices’ electrical current drain in relationship to bandwidth consumption for both uplink and downlink, and found a 180% improvement in current efficiency in the downlink.
SRG that this was accomplished through a combination of higher throughput and lower net current drain than devices achieved the last time it did such testing, which was in 2019. (The testing firm said that achievable bandwidth is a major factor in current efficiency.)
