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I honestly would have thought that the binning/testing done on those processors would make sure that the difference always go into the same direction, as in mor
by onli 9y ago
I honestly would have thought that the binning/testing done on those processors would make sure that the difference always go into the same direction, as in more performance for the higher specced part. Because I assume that in a benchmark just as this the cooling is sufficient to keep the turbo clock indefinitely, meaning that it makes no difference if the 8700 without limitations would beat the 8700K. But what you and the other say sounds convincing, maybe scenarios like this can happen in practice more easily than I thought.
- saltcured 9y agoIt's a common real-world issue that someone buys the "faster" CPU option in a laptop and finds it runs slower than their coworker's because the thermal design and/or quality of assembly causes it to overheat and throttle. With many systems, turbo is only a temporary burst benefit for a lightly loaded system. Many server or HPC systems would intentionally disable turbo to have consistent sustained throughput.
- onli 9y agoDefinitely. But this is not a laptop with cooling issues, in this case we are talking about a professional benchmark setup. If cooling was an issue during this, it would just add an other negative point to the bunch of irregularities in this review.