> For users who have a fixed TDP budget, there's a substantial difference. I really, really don't see how. Both TDPs have very little connection to how much po

> For users who have a fixed TDP budget, there's a substantial difference. I really, really don't see how. Both TDPs have very little connection to how much power the chips actually pulls at full load. 105 to 140 isn't useful in any way. If it was 107, sure, but 140 is 1/3rd higher than "spec" (I write "spec" because TDP isn't supposed to tell you what the highest power draw possible is if your cooling can dissipate more than the TDP in the first place, people just somehow seem to use it that way). If you have a fixed TDP cooler, all you have to do is put that cooler on CPUs and see which ones will be faster. No looking at the specs required. If you have a fixed power consumption budget, but a better cooler, all you have to do is downclock until the CPU stays within that budget and then compare performance. Again, spec wasn't useful.