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brucethemoose@lemmy.world 4 hours agoYeah.
In general, ‘big’ CPUs have an advantage because they can run at much, much lower clockspeeds than atoms, yet still be way faster. There are a few exceptions, like Ryzen 3000+ (excluding APUs), which idle notoriously hot thanks to the multi-die setup.
ag10n@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
Peripherals and IO will do that. Cores pulling 5-6W while IO die pulls 6-10W
www.techpowerup.com/review/…/18.html
brucethemoose@lemmy.world 40 seconds ago
Same with auto overclocking mobos.
My ASRock sets VSoC to a silly high coltage with EXPO. Set that back down (and fiddle with some other settings/disable the IGP if you can), and it does help a ton.
…But I think the MCM chips just do idle hotter. My older 4800HS will use way less.