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		ksec on June 12, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: AMD Ryzen 9 3950X is the fastest processor on Geek... It is just different "class" of CPU power usage and cooling, not their actual Power usage. So if you have a 105W cooling system both CPU should be fine. This is different to Intel's TDP which meant Typical Design Power, i.e Power usage when running in base frequency, in reality they run quite a lot higher.

thisisnico on June 12, 2019 [–]

I thought TDP was Thermal Design Power?

doikor on June 12, 2019 | | [–]

Yes it did until Intel redifined it for their chips to be able to show lower number then real power draw in their marketing material.

DuskStar on June 12, 2019 | | [–]

It used to be, but that makes a little less sense nowadays with the extremely bursty power usage of modern CPUs.

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