Frequency differences can explain a (small) part of it, but I think a larger part comes down to market positioning and signaling vs competing Intel chips. The T

Frequency differences can explain a (small) part of it, but I think a larger part comes down to market positioning and signaling vs competing Intel chips. The TDP is sort of an indicator of the overall "beefiness" of the chip. Edit: I understand some would disagree with what I said, but I can't see what else would explain why the 3800X with one CPU chiplet at 3.9GHz base freq would be the same 105W as the 3900X with two chiplets at 3.8GHz. And by "beefiness" I mean the overall performance potential, including possible overclocking headroom.