5 years of process stagnation (Intel) will do that. Samsung's 8nm process used in Nvidia's cards is not as good as TSMC 7nm and that shows in their power consum

5 years of process stagnation (Intel) will do that. Samsung's 8nm process used in Nvidia's cards is not as good as TSMC 7nm and that shows in their power consumption. Historically Nvidia's architectural efficiency has been much higher so it's not a given that RDNA2 will be more efficient even with the process advantage.