3 ms·
Isn't the ryzen 9 3950x 16core as well, but with a much lower TDP? (Whatever that means in this case). Comparing tdp is pretty useless.
by bjoli 7y ago
Isn't the ryzen 9 3950x 16core as well, but with a much lower TDP? (Whatever that means in this case). Comparing tdp is pretty useless.
- driverdan 7y agoIt's not useless. Higher TDP means more electricity and more heat. Running costs add up.
- rubbingalcohol 7y agoTrue, you'd need a pretty good water cooler to run at max all the time. I would gladly trade electricity for performance though. A lot of the stage gates in my compilation are single threaded, so a highly-threaded chip that consistently boosts up to high frequencies would be worth it to me in terms of initial and ongoing costs.
- bjoli 7y agoFor AMD it is. They calculate it using a formula with constants that differ for each processor. Gamers nexus does a pretty good job explaining it: https://youtu.be/tL1F-qliSUk https://youtu.be/tL1F-qliSUk There are loads of videos on YouTube about how AMD 105tdp processors beat intel processors with a lot lower TDP