Power Consumption
To test power consumption, we monitor the overall power of the system through a plug-in electricity usage monitor at an idle and load state. This allows us to show the fluctuation between how much power draw the system takes at idle and at load. By monitoring the overall usage of the whole system, it gives an easy comparison if you wish to do the same yourself as opposed to buying very expensive individual testing equipment.
Power consumption is an area where the latest processors from both AMD and Intel have big things to shout about. Whilst the processing power of the latest generation chips is going up considerably, the power that the chips require is the same if not less than before. With both of the new APU’s idling comfortably below 60w, and fully loaded giving a total system draw of just over 100W, they are certainly not power hungry. We do note however that whilst the 6700 offers a TDP of 65W, its total draw is rather close to that of the 6800k.
It’s been years now since I’ve taken a look at any AMD processor. The last one I tested was an Athlon 64 3800+ back in 2005 and if memory serves me correctly I was quite impressed with it.
real informative benchmarks here…..all you tested was 3d mark? not even one real game? and yet the page is called gaming benchmarks?
agreed, need more benchies with the real games guys.