I’m not sure i rate this particular article.
They seem to sort of hint at the importance of power and energy efficiency
But why did they then “ask about TDP” ? Surely they they need to know the actual input power(or energy) to achieve the benchmark, not TDP which is itself a wierd thing for chips that self regulate temperature by throttling.
Power draw is heavily varied from fraction of a second to fraction of a second. TDP is more or less the target for average power draw over a longer period of time, and probably more importantly, something you’re more likely to get a representative to answer. They’re probably not going to give you the peak momentary power draw because it doesn’t mean anything, and they probably won’t give you average either. TDP is as much as you’re likely to get.
I’m not sure i rate this particular article.
They seem to sort of hint at the importance of power and energy efficiency
But why did they then “ask about TDP” ? Surely they they need to know the actual input power(or energy) to achieve the benchmark, not TDP which is itself a wierd thing for chips that self regulate temperature by throttling.
I’m not inclined to pay attention to this journo.
Power draw is heavily varied from fraction of a second to fraction of a second. TDP is more or less the target for average power draw over a longer period of time, and probably more importantly, something you’re more likely to get a representative to answer. They’re probably not going to give you the peak momentary power draw because it doesn’t mean anything, and they probably won’t give you average either. TDP is as much as you’re likely to get.