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Those youtubers are measuring "turboing" by looking at the maximum frequency column in HWiNFO. So they consider a CPU to have hit a frequency even if it only to
by magila 6y ago
Those youtubers are measuring "turboing" by looking at the maximum frequency column in HWiNFO. So they consider a CPU to have hit a frequency even if it only touched it for a single millisecond during a minutes long benchmark run. For AMD CPUs the average frequency is typically significantly lower.
- sq_ 6y agoMaybe smaller channels, but I find that most of the bigger ones (especially GamersNexus) put a ton of effort into having a good, repeatable process for in-depth looks at performance. Certainly on par with Anandtech or any of the other typically trusted review sites.
- magila 6y agoOk, now show me the GN video showing an AMD CPU sustaining a turbo frequency "a few hundred MHz above the specced numbers".
- yxhuvud 6y agoYes, that is the nature of turbo. If the CPUs could sustain operating at those speeds, it would be the base speed, not the turbo. Turbo is for really short burst. After that the system ends up being restrained by the available cooling and will go at lower speed (but usually still higher than base).
- magila 6y agoThere's a difference between "might hit the max turbo frequency for a millisecond under light load if the phase of the moon is just right" and "can sustain max turbo indefinitely so long as adequate power and cooling are provided". AMD CPUs are the former, Intel the latter.