Global Power Management

Global Power Management provides power saving functions such as Intelligent Cooling, Efficiency Optimizer and Brightness Control. It helps improve your computer performance.

Access Global Power Management

Open the Vantage app, and then click Device ➙ Power.

Explore the features

• Intelligent Cooling: Help you adjust power consumption, fan speed, computer temperature, and performance.

  Mode	Recommended scenario
  Best power efficiency	You want the computer to be quieter and cooler. You want to maximize the battery life.
  Balanced	You plan to frequently switch between different computer tasks over a period time. You prefer to balance device performance with temperature and fan noise.
  Best performance	You want the computer to achieve the best performance. Louder fan noise and higher temperature are acceptable to you.

• Efficiency Optimizer: An exclusive Lenovo power saving feature. Dynamically adjust your CPU's power consumption based on your system's usage.
• Panel Brightness Control: An exclusive Lenovo power saving feature. Incrementally adjust your display brightness when you connect or disconnect your charger.

Enable the features

• Intelligent Cooling: Balanced mode is the default setting. To switch among power modes, do one of the following:
  • In Vantage:
    1. Press F8 to launch Smart Modes widget.
    2. Select a preferred power mode.
  • In OS settings:
    1. Right-click the battery icon in the quick settings area on the right side of the taskbar.
    2. Click Power and sleep settings.
    3. Locate the Power mode section and select a preferred mode.

• Efficiency Optimizer: Turn on the feature switch under Global Power Management in the Vantage app.
• Panel Brightness Control: Turn on the feature switch under Global Power Management in the Vantage app.