Comment on Bye Intel, hi AMD! I’m done after 2 dead Intels

• Quatlicopatlix@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Nah all the am4 cpus have abysmal idle power, the am5 got a little better as far as i know but the infinity fabric was a nightmare for the idle power.

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  • Decq@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Well I concede, I guess there was one metric they were better at. Doing absolutely nothing.

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  • iopq@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    My AM4 box draws 0 watts on idle. I turn it off when I don’t use it

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    • frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Like turn off the PSU switch? Computers can draw more than you think when they’re “off”, but the PSU switch should shut out the whole thing.

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    • Quatlicopatlix@feddit.org ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Ahh yes idle=not using computer and using computer=100% cpu usage. There is no such thing as “reading a pdf document” or “surfing the web”.

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      • iopq@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Browsing the web is not idle

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  • notthebees@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    What about the monolithic socs? Idle power on my 5825u is better than my i5-1135g7. My i7-8650u is in between.

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    • Quatlicopatlix@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      The problem is just the infinity fabric that connects the chiplets. Afaik this is because its clock runs at a consstant speed and its made on a way bigger node. The monolithic parts dont have that problem.

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