Power Consumption
Power consumption is measured at idle, during a Cinebench R23 run and during a gaming benchmark run of Cyberpunk 2077, which is a very CPU-intensive game. By getting 3 performance metrics, it allows us to see a better picture of the average user and what they are typically going to see in terms of power draw for just the processor itself.
Now when it comes to power, there was no real surprise that the 13th generation would use more power, but it was interesting to see that the 13th generation processors use more power at idle, though it’s still around 50% less when compared to AMD. As we move upto gaming load, we see a jump of around 15% when comparing the i9 12900K to the i7 13700k which also means it uses more power than the 7950X while gaming and dramatically more during our cinebench R23 torture test as well.
You seem to have got a really bad silicon. The i7 tested at computerbase consumes 25% less (gaming avg 120W).
They also kneecapped the AM5 and Intel chips at 5200 memory when we know both chips shine at 6000.
Computerbase did worse than that in the most crass way, they gave the raptor lake 5600 CL36s while AM5 CPUs got 5200MHz CL32s. AM5’s sweet spot is 6000Mhz. HUB has already shown the perf jump going from 5200 to 5600Mhz for Alder lake is getting it closer to 6000Mhz like perf. Hell they gave Alder Lake 4800Mhz. WTH? Atleast here eTecknix kept the RAM specs the same which is why eTeknix’s results more or less aligns with what HUB showed. Computerbase used to be good but now with their editorialized claims such as Intel Raptor Lake is the new gaming king, when really AM5 and Raptor Lake merely trade blows depending on the game, one has to seriously question if Intel had something to do with their *cough* editorial direction *cough*. The only thing of value in that article is the power consumption figures beyond that the whole set of benchmarks are null and void for sensible comparisons.
3090? Should have at least tested with a 3090 ti.