What makes you think they are going to be more power-hungry than if Apple manufactured them itself?
The article says it’s going on Intel 18a, which has better performance, but worse density/power consumption than TSMC’s comparable node:
https://www.techspot.com/news/106782-intel-18a-found-faster-...
Unless Apple is going to add active cooling or something to the Air, iPad and iPhone, I’d expect more thermal throttling on the intel chips (though the difference isn’t as stark as I assumed — it looks like Intel closed the gap a bit with 18a).
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The article says it’s going on Intel 18a, which has better performance, but worse density/power consumption than TSMC’s comparable node:
https://www.techspot.com/news/106782-intel-18a-found-faster-...
Unless Apple is going to add active cooling or something to the Air, iPad and iPhone, I’d expect more thermal throttling on the intel chips (though the difference isn’t as stark as I assumed — it looks like Intel closed the gap a bit with 18a).