I do this even on AM4 - I have a 5800X but I run it in ECO mode which locks it to 65W PTT. Drops on average less than 10% multi core performance and no single

I do this even on AM4 - I have a 5800X but I run it in ECO mode which locks it to 65W PTT. Drops on average less than 10% multi core performance and no single core performance at all. Much quieter, cheaper, etc. I also have a 35W 5750GE (8c16t too) and that’s also a very respectable performer compared to the 105W 5800X! We’re so far off the ideal part of the perf/W curve it’s not funny, and I swear being closer to that is part of where Apple et al have done so well. Edit: and from compute benchmarks on my 3090, the best perf/watt - measured in whole system total power drawn to complete a variety of cuda tasks, that card is most efficient around 225W or so… which is crazy considering they’re sold at 350W or more!