That power consumption is pretty bad. 82 additional W compared to the 6950X on the video encoding. Plus the idle is pretty high although that could be the mobo.
And again, regarding the video posted earlier, "auto" voltage says nothing with respect to chip potential. It's a blank statement meant to entice people into thinking the chip is so good it overclocks without needing extra voltage, which is downright dishonest, because it means that either BIOS pumps up voltage by itself, or the chip comes configured with greater than needed voltage guard band, or... the chip isn't really stable except for running CB 15 in short sessions."Still, a stable 4.7GHz across 10 cores at 1.25V is an impressive feat"
Hexus quote.
6950X: 3.4 GHz on all coresthanks!
And 6950X all cores? 3.1? 3.2?
Could just be a golden sample, unless you're telling me every Broadwell/Skylake/Kabylake OC's to 5GHz on air, like all those previews err(ly) leaks showed? There's also the temps & power consumption to take into account.Great to see that the OC headroom is as great as expected, unlike those initial BS rumors.
Looking forward to 6c/12t Coffee Lake!
Looking at the gaming results, which is more sensitive to memory than most other consumer applications, the reduced L3 might be a problem.Another one:
https://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2017/06/16/intel-core-i9-7900x-and-x299-chipset-revie/1
Comparing the OC results (4,4GHZ BW vs 4,6GHz Skylake-x), the average IPC seems to be a bit behind Broadwell. Consumes a lot of power, but overcloks well in return.
There is no die shot of the LCC, so no way to verify via that link.
Looking at the gaming results, which is more sensitive to memory than most other consumer applications, the reduced L3 might be a problem.
Doesn't that also apply to LLC = 10c people as well?There is no die shot of the LCC, so no way to verify via that link.
Tbh could just be some early BIOS issues (remember the ones who panned Ryzen for it?) or lower L3 size, perhaps even the mesh interconnect.Another one:
https://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2017/06/16/intel-core-i9-7900x-and-x299-chipset-revie/1
Comparing the OC results (4,4GHZ BW vs 4,6GHz Skylake-x), the average IPC seems to be a bit behind Broadwell. Consumes a lot of power, but overcloks well in return.
The overclock itself is good news, but the "auto" voltage setting is not necessarily a positive thing.
"Still, a stable 4.7GHz across 10 cores at 1.25V is an impressive feat"
Hexus quote.
Great to see that the OC headroom is as great as expected, unlike those initial BS rumors.
Looking forward to 6c/12t Coffee Lake!
Looking at the gaming results, which is more sensitive to memory than most other consumer applications, the reduced L3 might be a problem.
Could just be a golden sample, unless you're telling me every Broadwell/Skylake/Kabylake OC's to 5GHz on air, like all those previews err(ly) leaks showed? There's also the temps & power consumption to take into account.
No it's not ~ (112.7/76.3)*113=166.9The power consumption is actually in the ballpark. If you consider extra ram and other penalties, it's actually equal or better to Ryzen in the video encoding benchmark for work done.
The power consumption is actually really bad according to the hexus review. perf/watt is even worse than BW-E (6950X).The power consumption is actually in the ballpark. If you consider extra ram and other penalties, it's actually equal or better to Ryzen in the video encoding benchmark for work done.