And still, there are more catches: Apple is probably driving the screen at 60Hz instead of 120Hz for the G14, and the screen tends to be one of the main drivers of battery life.

What I'm trying to say is that the talks revolve around the M1 vs x86 for battery consumption, but the big savings can probably come from other components in the system.

You are running the newest of the newest.

My Lenovo Thinkpad X390 which i'm sitting on right now for a while, still has ~8h left to go.

Chrome with 30 tabs, intellij etc. open and running.

I do assume the M1 is doing a great job, don't get me wrong, but i would like to see a more objective comparison.

Personally speaking, the most interesting thing for me to see is that Apple now put a very strong SoC on all its models. From Air to Pro, with a relative good price point (as long as you don't upgrade anything...)