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Intel's stated TDPs are not accurate representations of how much power a chip actually uses. You can see in some of these Blender benchmarks the 12900k hitting

Intel's stated TDPs are not accurate representations of how much power a chip actually uses. You can see in some of these Blender benchmarks the 12900k hitting >230W average: https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/intel-core-i9-12900k-and-core-i5-12600k-review-retaking-the-gaming-crown/3 https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/intel-core-i9-12900k-an... It's very workload-dependent, so it's difficult to say how much power a chip will draw in general. It's clear that Intel is still a bit of an energy hog, though.

nottorp 4y ago
- both Intel and AMD lie about TDP now, Intel much more than AMD - 225 W is for the M1 Ultra Mac Studio, whole system power consumption - that includes powering the TB peripherals if they exist - Intel numbers are just the CPU (not even including the chipset) and will only happen if you don't cool it enough and it has to throttle So yes, I'd rather have a M1 (probably a Pro would be enough) on my desk than an i9 under it. But I am weird and like cool and quiet, not larger numbers.