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Colibri iMX8X Power Consumption

 

Article updated at 29 Mar 2022

Overview

This is one of a series of posts about Toradex modules' power consumption measurements. This article provides information about the power consumption of Colibri iMX8X.

The Colibri iMX8X's power consumption depends on the devices connected to it. Below are the power consumption results of several test cases, demonstrating realistic system configurations at various CPU loads.

Disclaimer

Toradex tests its modules following internal protocols as a way of standardizing the results. The overall power consumption of each module depends on multiple factors, such as:

  • Environmental temperature
  • Particular Silicon Revision of the SoC
  • Versions of the Software Components installed on the module
  • Use cases

The following results were achieved by simulating an ideal scenario. Applications in different conditions may not achieve the exact same results. It is suggested that a customer measures its SoM's power consumption under its own particular use cases before designing hardware based on this data.

Testing Conditions

  • The tests were performed using 3 different modules of each model.
  • The provided data is the average of the results obtained for each module group.
  • All of the SoMs were heated up first (using a stress test) to simulate the conditions of a continuous use scenario.

0038 Colibri iMX8QXP 2GB WB IT V1.0C

Software Version: TBD

Results

Test case Average [W] Maximum [W]
Idling mode with screen 2.58 2.71
Stress 1 cores 2.77 2.78
Stress 2 cores 2.94 3.02
Stress 3 cores 3.09 3.17
Stress 4 cores 3.24 3.34
Stress 5 cores (arithmetic core) 3.25 3.34
Headless mode all cores stressed 2.64 2.69
Headless mode, all cores, iperf3 100Mbit/s ETH 3.07 3.21
Headless mode, idling 1.96 1.99
All cores stressed and glmark2 4.77 5.35
All cores stressed + HD video on screen 4.39 4.54
CPU neon stress script, no screen 3.15 3.82
All cores stressed, glmark2, ethernet iperf3 4.85 5.47
RTC clock (proper shutdown) 0.0141 na
RTC clock (power cable removing shutdown ) 0.0139 na

0038 Colibri iMX8QXP 2GB WB IT V1.0D

Software Versions:

  • 5.0.0-devel-202010+build.3
  • TDX Wayland with XWayland 5.1.0-devel-20201014+build.96 (dunfell)

Results

Test case Mean Power Consumption [W] Max Power Consumption [W]
Idling mode with screen 1.98 2.20
Idling mode with screen for 20 minutes 1.98 2.36
Idling without screen 2.00 2.33
Stress 1 cores 2.36 3.25
Stress 2 cores 2.63 3.39
Stress 3 cores 2.90 3.69
Stress 4 cores 3.13 4.21
All cores stressed without screen 3.08 4.02
CPU stress with iperf3 eth 3.49 4.26
CPU stress with iperf3 wifi 2.4GHz 5.51 6.22
CPU stress with iperf3 eth and wifi 2.4GHz 5.75 6.32
All cores stressed and glmark2 4.14 5.09
CPU neon stress script 3.18 3.79
Max stress: all cores stressed, glmark2 ,iperf3 wifi 5GHz and ethernet 5.66 6.69
Max stress: all cores stressed, glmark2 ,iperf3 wifi 2.4GHz and ethernet 5.85 6.95
Iperf3 Wifi 2.4GHz no screen 4.11 4.36
Iperf3 Wifi 5GHz no screen 4.19 4.48
Iperf3 eth no screen 2.41 2.75
All cores stressed, glmark2, ethernet iperf3 3.99 4.84
Suspend mode 0.42 0.44
RTC clock (proper shutdown) 12.52uW 13.38uW
RTC clock (power cable removing shutdown ) 12.39uW 12.90uW

0050 Colibri iMX8QXP 2GB IT V1.0C

Software Versions:

  • TDX Wayland with XWayland 0.0.0-devel-20200717+build.9 (dunfell) colibri-imx8x ttyLP3Colibri-iMX8X_Verification-Image
  • TDX Wayland with XWayland 4.0.0-devel-20200630+build.134 (zeus) colibri-imx8x ttyLP3Colibri-iMX8X_Verification-Image
  • TDX Wayland with XWayland 4.0.0-devel-20200717+build.155 (zeus) colibri-imx8x ttyLP3Colibri-iMX8X_Verification-Image

Results

Test case Mean Power Consumption [W] Max Power Consumption [W]
Idle 2.043 2.099
Idle after 20 min 1.989 2.051
Stress 1 core 2.245 2.796
Stress 2 core 2.532 3.084
Stress 3 core 2.778 3.404
Stress 4 core 2.990 3.637
Headless idle 1.466 1.520
Headless & full stress 2.483 3.164
Iperf3 eth & full stress 3.086 3.637
Glmark2 & full stress 3.906 4.613
HD video & full stress 3.758 4.149
CPUburn-neo 2.855 2.924
Max stress: full stress, iperf3 eth and glmark 3.958 4.653
Suspend 0.202 0.240

0050 Colibri iMX8QXP 2GB IT V1.0D

Software Versions:

  • 5.0.0-devel-202010+build.3
  • 5.1.0-devel-20201014+build.96 (dunfell)

Results

Test case Mean Power Consumption [W] Max Power Consumption [W]
Idling mode with screen 1.40 1.51
Idling mode with screen for 20 minutes 1.40 1.49
Idling without screen * 1.39 1.50
Stress 1 cores 1.69 2.29
Stress 2 cores 1.98 2.57
Stress 3 cores 2.25 2.94
Stress 4 cores 2.49 3.21
All cores stressed without screen 2.45 3.19
CPU stress with iperf3 eth 2.75 3.28
All cores stressed and glmark2 3.36 4.14
CPU neon stress script 2.35 2.42
Max stress: all cores stressed, glmark2 ,iperf3 ethernet 3.31 4.11
Iperf3 eth no screen 1.79 1.86
Suspend mode 0.15 0.17
RTC clock (proper shutdown) 12.21uW 12.72uW
RTC clock (power cable removing shutdown ) 12.06uW 12.45uW

0051 Colibri iMX8DX 1GB WB V1.0D

Results

Test case Mean Power Consumption [W] Max Power Consumption [W]
Idling mode with screen 2.44 2.80
Idling mode with screen for 20 minutes 2.43 2.92
Idling without screen and DSI adapter 1.82 2.21
Stress 1 cores 2.71 3.32
Stress 2 cores 2.96 3.65
all cores stressed without screen (no dsi adapter) 2.32 3.00
CPU stress with iperf3 eth 3.26 3.69
All cores stressed and iperf3 2.4GHz 5.18 5.70
All cores stressed, iperf3 ethernet and iperf3 2.4GHz 5.39 5.82
All cores stressed and glmark2 3.82 4.53
Glmark2 3.37 3.89
CPU neon stress script 3.02 3.42
Max stress: all cores stressed, glmark2 ,iperf3 ethernet, wifi 2.4GHz 5.77 6.39
All cores stressed, glmark2 ,iperf3 ethernet 3.66 4.21
Iperf3 wifi 5GHz no screen 3.94 4.26
Iperf3 wifi 2.4GHz no screen 3.85 4.27
Iperf3 with screen 2.49 2.90
Iperf3 eth no screen (no dsi adapter) 2.11 2.59
Suspend mode with dsi adapter 0.51 0.54
Suspend mode (no dsi adapter) 0.39 0.44
RTC clock (proper shutdown) 12.71uW 13.94uW
RTC clock (power cable removing shutdown ) 12.38uW 12.98uW

0052 Colibri iMX8DX 1GB V1.0D

Results

Test case Mean Power Consumption [W] Max Power Consumption [W]
Idling mode with screen 1.83 1.96
Idling mode with screen for 20 minutes 1.82 1.95
Idling without screen and DSI adapter 1.22 1.75
Stress 1 cores 2.08 2.52
Stress 2 cores 2.31 2.71
All cores stressed without screen (no dsi adapter) 1.70 2.21
CPU stress with iperf3 eth 2.48 2.77
All cores stressed and glmark2 2.93 3.29
Glmark2 2.69 3.07
CPU neon stress script 2.26 2.37
Max stress: all cores stressed, glmark2 ,iperf3 ethernet 2.91 3.25
Iperf3 with screen 2.08 2.30
Iperf3 eth no screen (no dsi adapter) 1.50 1.75
Suspend mode with dsi adapter 0.27 0.30
Suspend mode (no dsi adapter) 0.16 0.17
RTC clock (proper shutdown) 12.19uW 12.68uW
RTC clock (power cable removing shutdown ) 12.26uW 12.54uW

Additional Resources

Product Page and Datasheet: Colibri iMX8X

Specifications and Design Guides: Carrier Board Design Guides

Thermal Management in Toradex Modules: Thermal Management

How to Suspend Your Module Running Linux: Suspend/Resume (Linux)