'The ongoing conversations around ARM vs x86 power are based on a false premise,' says Intel's VP of technical marketing

Intel's Lunar Lake Lion Cove cores without Hyper-Threading.

Which is more power-savvy, ARM or x86? Anyone familiar with today's chip line-up would probably respond with: 'Easy, ARM. Just look at the battery life on some of those Snapdragon X Elite laptops, you doughnut.'

But is that really the case? Unsurprisingly, the company responsible for designing most of the world's x86 chips, Intel, thinks it's not.