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That's a miniscule amount of energy and when compared to the internal DAC and loss in analog cable with 32 ฮฉ impedance, it might be the same, give or take a few microwatts โ€“ negligible compared to other appliances and HVAC. The durability and frequency of buying a new pair is more important if you're into the environment.

The audio quality for either is more correlated with physical build quality than whether the length of wire is susceptible to noise and own losses (where the USB has an edge). Some headphones have terrible impedance matching and awful drivers no matter the interface they use.

And the "smarter" point: Depends. Support for multiple buttons is hit-and-miss either way. As for audio from non-phones, you might have driver issues for digital or need a line level amplifier for analog.

I prefer the jack because of compatibility with all other hardware and more physical resilience: I don't want to wear out or dislodge my phone's charging and data port whille running with headphones.