This disclosure provides systems, devices, apparatus, and methods, including computer programs encoded on storage media, for a power efficient display architecture. A display processor may obtain an indication that UC is to be displayed at a first resolution or a second resolution, where the first resolution is higher than the second resolution. The display processor may drive a first display via a first controller of a first DPU based on the indication. The display processor may drive a second display via a controller of a second DPU if the UC is to be displayed at the first resolution, or drive the second display via a second controller of the first DPU if the UC is to be displayed at the second resolution.