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Are there any idle power measurements in that article? For 95%+ of the time my home computer isn't doing a lot (text editing, simple browsing, playing radio or

by xioxox 4y ago

Are there any idle power measurements in that article? For 95%+ of the time my home computer isn't doing a lot (text editing, simple browsing, playing radio or music).

neogodless 4y ago
https://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/10309/amd-65w-zen-4-ryzen-7600-7700-and-7900-cpus-tested/index.html https://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/10309/amd-65w-zen-4-ryzen-... > Looking at our CPU power draw alone, the 7900, 7700, and 7600 all pull around 20 watts at idle. For comparison, the Intel Core i9-13900K seems to draw just 10 watts, and the Intel Core i5-13600K only draws 6! https://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/10222/intel-core-i9-13900k-raptor-lake-cpu/index.html#Gaming-and-Power-Consumption https://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/10222/intel-core-i9-13900k...
- vladvasiliu 4y ago
  That's interesting. According to TFA, the i5-13600K has the best "performance / cost" ratio. So, all other things equal, for a "regular PC", the intel part looks the most interesting, since it won't be any slower when you need it to actually do something for a few minutes (like compile something).
  - neogodless 4y ago
    Though - now I see on the first of the links I posted, they show much higher idle power draw for the Intel parts, around 22-24W. I wonder why they have different numbers for the same parts on different articles.
    - vladvasiliu 4y ago
      Good catch. Loaded figures for both and idle for AMD seem the same between the two articles...
      - undersuit 4y ago
        It could be the different motherboards. Phoronix used an ASUS for their Intel tests while TweakTown had a Gigabyte. Lots of tweaks on motherboards, i.e. give the CPU a bit more voltage than standard and it will boost more and your motherboard gives users more perfomance. Also just differences in measuring, was it from the wall or via voltage pads on the motherboard.

5 ms·

Are there any idle power measurements in that article? For 95%+ of the time my home computer isn't doing a lot (text editing, simple browsing, playing radio or

by xioxox 4y ago

Are there any idle power measurements in that article? For 95%+ of the time my home computer isn't doing a lot (text editing, simple browsing, playing radio or music).

neogodless 4y ago
https://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/10309/amd-65w-zen-4-ryzen-7600-7700-and-7900-cpus-tested/index.html https://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/10309/amd-65w-zen-4-ryzen-... > Looking at our CPU power draw alone, the 7900, 7700, and 7600 all pull around 20 watts at idle. For comparison, the Intel Core i9-13900K seems to draw just 10 watts, and the Intel Core i5-13600K only draws 6! https://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/10222/intel-core-i9-13900k-raptor-lake-cpu/index.html#Gaming-and-Power-Consumption https://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/10222/intel-core-i9-13900k...
- vladvasiliu 4y ago
  That's interesting. According to TFA, the i5-13600K has the best "performance / cost" ratio. So, all other things equal, for a "regular PC", the intel part looks the most interesting, since it won't be any slower when you need it to actually do something for a few minutes (like compile something).
  - neogodless 4y ago
    Though - now I see on the first of the links I posted, they show much higher idle power draw for the Intel parts, around 22-24W. I wonder why they have different numbers for the same parts on different articles.
    - vladvasiliu 4y ago
      Good catch. Loaded figures for both and idle for AMD seem the same between the two articles...
      - undersuit 4y ago
        It could be the different motherboards. Phoronix used an ASUS for their Intel tests while TweakTown had a Gigabyte. Lots of tweaks on motherboards, i.e. give the CPU a bit more voltage than standard and it will boost more and your motherboard gives users more perfomance. Also just differences in measuring, was it from the wall or via voltage pads on the motherboard.