[striking]

The Ryzen 7 1800X has a TDP of 95W and beats the 140W Intel i7-6900K by 4% in performance. They've made some huge jumps in power efficiency.

I don't know if AMD will make a new architecture or not, but I can't see why they wouldn't just release 32 Ryzen cores side-by-side and underclocked at the stock configuration.

[Sephr]

The 1800X will use 130W+ in the same scenarios as the 6900k. AMD just seems to be defining TDP differently.

[simplyinfinity]

The thermal design power is the maximum amount of heat generated by a computer chip or component that the cooling system in a computer is designed to dissipate in typical operation. TDP =/= power consumed

[loeg]

> TDP =/= power consumed

Where do you think the heat comes from? Or where do you think the power that doesn't turn into heat goes?

[hvidgaard]

I think he is trying to argue that TDP is a figure about the cooling requirement during peak power usage. Actual power usage may or may not be less during typical workload.

[leonroy]

As far as TDP goes, the transferrence of electrical energy to heat is equivalent to that of a space heater as Puget Systems demonstrated here: https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Gaming-PC-vs-Spac...

[zeusk]

but TDP is also a function of power consumption, directly proportional. So comparing TDP of processors of similar fabrication should tell you about comparative power consumption if not the exact difference.

[bobbington]

I've seen benchmarks showing the 95w number is very unrealistic and that it actually uses more like the Intel processor under certain loads