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But a 7950x is just a 7900x (They have identical silicon) that is just "lucky" enough to survive more power draw. If you make the TDP the same you just end up w

But a 7950x is just a 7900x (They have identical silicon) that is just "lucky" enough to survive more power draw. If you make the TDP the same you just end up with the same CPU

Ygg2 4y ago
Pretty sure 7900x has fewer cores/threads.
- ncmncm 4y ago
  Anyway fewer turned on? They need something to sell when one or more of the cores don't work. Would be nice to let you have 15 cores when that many of them work.
  - Ygg2 4y ago
    Turned on? Pretty sure this isn't like Phenom where 3 out of 4 cores worked. And you can enable them via BIOS.
pizza234 4y ago
Are you sure? The 7900x has 12 cores, while the 7950x has 16.
- Bolkan 4y ago
  They disable some cores? How else would you explain the lower single core performance?
Scene_Cast2 4y ago
I did read that the silicon that can take higher voltages is worse in lower power (i.e. lower voltage) situations.