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by epolanski
1384 days ago
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Power consumption doubled at least even on mainstream and keep increasing gen over gen. 1070 vs 3070 is +52٪ average (145 vs 220w) and +66% (154 vs 250w) sustained. 2070 vs 3070 is +10% (195) or +24% (203) sustained. Even the 3060 you defend draws power as older flagships and 500w arent enough even for mainstream gaming. And it keeps getting worse both on gpu and cpu size. We aren't technologists but consumers, and reality is that x86 and gpus are in near duopolys so the 3 companies involved have little reasons to do a better job and it's clear Apple socs or more and more cloud moving into arm have not been enough of wake up calls. |
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In fact, the 3070 is significantly more power efficient than the 1070 is. Because while yes power is up 50%, performance is up 100%. So performance per watt has continued to improve even as power consumption has also increased.
The reality of power consumption is that it's the main lever to pull right now to deliver generational gains. It's the same lever Apple pulled for the M2 even.
> more and more cloud moving into arm have not been enough of wake up calls.
You mean the ARM enterprise SoCs that use just as much power as x86 does to deliver on average worse performance?