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by ComputerGuru 742 days ago
I know AMD has joined the “fudging the TDP numbers” game but you should still be able to more or less compare TDP across their own products.
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Assuming they don't tweak the TDP formula, which they can and have iirc.
For the same node, you aren't cutting power by 40% while increasing clockspeeds. At best, they could be aggressively cutting clockspeeds, but that means lower overall performance.

Marketing seems a more likely reason (and I don't believe it would be the first time either).