The next-gen Zen 4-based architecture was teased in a 16-core prototype CPU at Computex 2022, but then Hallock cleared some things up on Reddit. Hallock explained: "The Computex processor was a ...

Intel publishes TDP figures for each of its CPUs, but the chip's actual behavior often doesn't conform to what this metric implies. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new ...

AMD's Socket AM4 has had a pretty good run. First released in 2017 alongside the company's then-new Ryzen processors, it's had nearly five years to host some of the fastest desktop chips on the market ...

Motherboards supporting AMD's Ryzen 600 chipset can update their BIOS firmware to AGESA PI 1.2.0.2 and unlock 105W TDP for compatible processors. AMD Ryzen 5 9600X and Ryzen 7 9700X desktop chips ...

AMD has clarified specification details about its new Ryzen 7000 desktop CPUs and AM5 socket, following an announcement of the range at Computex 2022. The upcoming processors will have a thermal power ...

Important performance updates are coming to some AMD gaming CPUs, namely the Ryzen 5 9600X and Ryzen 7 9700X. The big one is an official 105W thermal design power (TDP) mode that should bring a decent ...

Of all the metrics we commonly discuss at ExtremeTech, we'd argue TDP (Thermal Design Power) is easily the worst. If clock speed, core counts, IPC, and memory bandwidth are imperfect methods of ...

Every couple of years, a new generation of computer processors is launched. For a long time, CPUs seemed to stick to the same level of power, whereas GPUs only increased by a relatively small amount.

With today's enthusiast and gaming PCs using more energy than at any other time in history, you might be looking to see how you can measure the amount of power your machine is consuming. This ...