Neither write up said anything (maybe the press releases or technical papers do?) but does temperature matter once you achieve ignition and sustained fusion? We would have some idea if the write-ups told us how much energy it took to create those plasmas as well as how much energy the plasmas produced. I bring up extra temperature as maybe extra energy losses akin to any photon greater then the band gap in a photovoltaic produces extra waste energy relative to the power it generates.
French researchers could maintain stable plasma for 22 minutes, a 25% improvement over the previous record. Scientists are working to achieve several hours of plasma duration to make viable fusion nuclear power generation.