Re:Instructions per cycle: AMD Zen 2 versus Intel
by ShinyRice on Friday December 06, 2019 @02:57AM
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That only really happens on laptops, which can't dissipate as much heat as desktop systems due to size constraints. On a desktop, if you're using even AMD's stock cooler, you won't thermal throttle. That is, if you don't overclock.
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Re:Instructions per cycle: AMD Zen 2 versus Intel
by vel0city on Friday December 06, 2019 @12:09PM
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Modern processors with boost configurations are rather complicated about "thermally throttling". These days with AMD's stock coolers you will be able to at least get the sticker speed on the CPU even at 100% load for a sustained time. Chances are, you'll actually get some % more speed than the sticker as it will usually continue to boost as long as power delivery and temperatures are stable. So even with an entirely stock configuration, a better motherboard and cooling system will overall net you more performance. This is without doing any traditional "overclocking" and just going with the settings designated with the CPU and motherboard. This same idea also applies to most of Intel's parts as well.
Re:Instructions per cycle: AMD Zen 2 versus Intel
by AstralStorm on Friday December 06, 2019 @05:01AM
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It's not about throttling. What will happen is that the CPU won't automatically clock up dynamically as much if you have worse cooling.
They behave like GPUs more and more with regards to clocks.