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Am I understanding right that it’s a function of thermal density? They consume less power than an equivalent intel cpu, so being more efficient but hotter seems
by abracadaniel 4y ago
Am I understanding right that it’s a function of thermal density? They consume less power than an equivalent intel cpu, so being more efficient but hotter seems contradictory. It seems like it’s a limit of the ability to pull the heat out of a smaller area quickly enough. If that’s the case, one thing to consider is that, while hotter, it won’t heat a room as quickly. That can be a deal breaker for people.
- adrian_b 4y agoYes the total area of the 2 chips that compose a Ryzen 7000 with 12 or 16 cores is almost twice smaller than that of a Raptor Lake CPU, so even at a significantly lower power consumption it is harder to cool. This is nothing new, it has always happened with the transition to denser technologies. For example when Intel Broadwell (14 nm) has replaced Haswell (22 nm) it was also much more difficult to cool than its predecessor.