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Re:AMD Ryzen 3rd Gen 'Matisse' Coming Mid 2019: Eight Core Z... by cm2187 on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @07:20PM (#18870420)
But isn’t part of idle consumption due to the cpu?
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Re:AMD Ryzen 3rd Gen 'Matisse' Coming Mid 2019: Eight Core Z... by mdorazio on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @08:02PM (#18870631)
Not very much. For example i9 uses under 13 watts at idle [1].

[1] https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/intel-core-i9-7900x-sky...

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Re:AMD Ryzen 3rd Gen 'Matisse' Coming Mid 2019: Eight Core Z... by nonbel on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @07:26PM (#18870453)
It's just a guesstimate. From TFA:

>"If we take a look at our average system idle power in our own reviews which is around 55W, this would make the Intel CPU around 125W, whereas the AMD CPU would be around 75W"

I have no idea what percent of idle power consumption the cpu should be responsible for, from their treatment I would assume negligible.

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