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AMD desktop chiplet CPUs draw almost 3x power compared to Intel at idle. It makes a huge difference in overall power consumption. Of course they are much more e
by nromiun 3y ago
AMD desktop chiplet CPUs draw almost 3x power compared to Intel at idle. It makes a huge difference in overall power consumption. Of course they are much more efficient in the top end, but my PC is not running full load most of the time, so I don't see that efficiency.
Of course their monolithic CPUs are much better (just look at the APU in the Steam Deck), but you can't buy them directly. They are either an APU or only available in laptops.
So, I stick to Intel CPU and Nvidia GPU for the power efficiency. I can't even switch to AMD GPUs because they are bad even at top end.
- mwpmaybe 3y agoIn Windows or Linux? Or have you tested both?
- nromiun 3y agoBoth, it is an inherent drawback of using chiplets.
- warrenm 3y ago{admittedly, my experience (since about 2000) with AMD has been dominantly server not workstation/laptop} i have found AMD x86-64 CPUs to be overwhelmingly better than intel's poor mimicking of AMD's innovation! If you want to live in x64-64 Land ... AMD is the winner. Hands down. And has been for a quarter century.