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You are comparing power for the entire system. I think they subtracted 55W of idle power consumption from both to get only the cpu, then compare: 75/125 = 0.6.
by nonbel 8y ago
You are comparing power for the entire system. I think they subtracted 55W of idle power consumption from both to get only the cpu, then compare: 75/125 = 0.6.
- cm2187 8y agoBut isn’t part of idle consumption due to the cpu?
- nonbel 8y agoIt's just a guesstimate. From TFA: >"If we take a look at our average system idle power in our own reviews which is around 55W, this would make the Intel CPU around 125W, whereas the AMD CPU would be around 75W" I have no idea what percent of idle power consumption the cpu should be responsible for, from their treatment I would assume negligible.
- mdorazio 8y agoNot very much. For example i9 uses under 13 watts at idle [1]. [1] https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/intel-core-i9-7900x-skylake-x,5092-10.html https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/intel-core-i9-7900x-sky...