UPS battery backupsENERGY STAR certified
CyberPower GX150C2
1,500 VA / 1,000 W line interactive UPS.
Capacity
1,500 VA
1,000 W real power
Topology
Line Interactive
Efficiency
99.1%
weighted, as tested
Runtime @ 50%
9 min
2 min at full load
A UPS has two ratings and the lower one is the limit. This unit is rated 1,500 VA and 1,000 W, so the equipment plugged into its battery outlets should draw no more than about 800 W if you want the usual 20% headroom. How to size a UPS.
Its weighted efficiency of 99.1% compares with a median of 98.7% across 153 certified units within 25% of its capacity.
- Maker
- CyberPower
- Model
- GX150C2
- Apparent power rating
- 1,500 VA
- Real power rating
- 1,000 W
- Power factor
- 0.67
- Topology
- Line Interactive
- Intended use
- Consumer, Commercial
- Battery
- Valve Regulated Lead-acid Battery
- Runtime at 50% load
- 9 min
- Runtime at 100% load
- 2 min
- Battery warranty
- 3 yr
- Weighted efficiency
- 99.1%
- Efficiency at 25 / 50 / 75 / 100% load
- - / 99.1% / 99.1% / 98.9%
- Outlets
- 12 (7 battery + surge, 5 surge only)
- Rack mountable
- No
- Rated input voltage
- 120 V
- Rated output voltage
- 120 V
- Connections
- USB Port
- Size (H x W x D)
- 280 x 100 x 350 mm
- Maker take-back program
- Yes
- On the market since
- Nov 2025
- ENERGY STAR certified
- 19 May 2025
Source: ENERGY STAR certified uninterruptible power supplies dataset, US EPA, record 4046715, data build 2026-09-29. Figures are as the maker certified them. How we use this data.
Other makers
Machines comparable to the GX150C2
Certified UPS units from other makers within 25% of its VA rating.
| Model | Capacity | Topology | Efficiency | Runtime @ 50% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC BX1500M | 1,500 VA / 900 W | Line Interactive | 98.9% | 11 min |
| Delta RT-1.5K | 1,500 VA / 1,350 W | Double Conversion | 91.2% | 12 min |
| APC Power Saving Back-UPS Pro 1500 | 1,500 VA / 865 W | Line Interactive | 98.9% | 13 min |
| Tripp Lite AG-0067 | 1,500 VA / 810 W | Line Interactive | 98.8% | 8 min |
| Liebert GXT5-1500LVRT2UXL | 1,500 VA / 1,350 W | Multi-Mode Double Conversion | 90.5% | 13 min |
| Vertiv GXT5-1500LVRT2UXL | 1,500 VA / 1,350 W | Multi-Mode Double Conversion | 90.5% | 13 min |
CyberPower
More CyberPower UPS battery backups
| Model | Capacity | Topology | Efficiency | Runtime @ 50% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AVRG1000LCD | 1,000 VA / 530 W | Line Interactive | 98.6% | 10 min |
| BL1250U2 | 1,200 VA / 800 W | Line Interactive | 98.7% | 11 min |
| BL1450U | 1,200 VA / 800 W | Line Interactive | 98.7% | 11 min |
| BRG1000AVRLCD | 1,000 VA / 600 W | Line Interactive | 98.5% | 9 min |
| BRG1500AVRLCD | 1,500 VA / 900 W | Line Interactive | 98.6% | 12 min |
| BRG1500AVRLCD2 | 1,500 VA / 900 W | Line Interactive | 98.8% | 11 min |
| CP1000PFCLCD | 1,000 VA / 600 W | Line Interactive | 98.8% | 9 min |
| CP1000PFCLCDa | 1,000 VA / 600 W | Line Interactive | 99.3% | 8 min |