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Power-hungry virtual machines

Why does running apps in a virtual machine on my MacBook Pro M2 Pro drain its battery so quickly?

Apple silicon chips contain two types A of CPU core, those optimised for Efficiency (E) and Performance (P). Normally, when running its own processes, background tasks that can take more time and have less urgency are run as much as possible on 'E' cores, where they're slightly slower but use far less power and energy. User tasks like running apps are typically run on the 'P' cores, to deliver better performance at the cost of higher power and energy use.