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by markuman123 523 days ago
Energyconsumption is a reason for a CPU update.
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(FYI: You've posted this comment twice, some seconds apart. I've responded to the older one)
Not really. The era of "modern efficient CPUs" started some 10-15 years ago. Under light loads, Ivy Bridge or Haswell is going to have a similar thermal profile to modern machines.

Many of the new machines are actually worse, e.g. 3770K @77W vs. 14900K @125W/253W. That isn't to say they're not also faster, but if you actually use it you're burning more watts.