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How will they manage to package twice the cores at the same TDP? (3990X vs. 3970X, both apparently rated at 280W).
by lazyjones 7y ago
How will they manage to package twice the cores at the same TDP? (3990X vs. 3970X, both apparently rated at 280W).
- wtallis 7y agoThe power consumption of an individual core can vary greatly depending on its clock speed (and voltage, which can be reduced when running at a lower clock speed). Putting 64 cores into the same TDP as their 32-core chip is actually pretty easy. If you actively use all 64 cores, they'll be running at a lower clock speed than if you were only using 32 cores.
- Zekio 7y agobinning the Chiplets helps them a ton with this