| haxxiy said: The 65W power cap is probably too severe, even the X3Ds are capped at like 120W. But for a chip to have passed testing and now be unable to reach makes me think it must be some combination of a faulty cooling installation (which worsens leakage by itself) plus razor-thin margins in that regard. |
Some outlets have compared the 9700X to the 7700 instead of the 7700X, which is also a 65W part. Then the chip has an uplift of ~12%, not great, but at least isn't quite as humiliating as just 3-6% compared to the 7700X.
Where the 9700X really shines is in everything that uses AVX, especially AVX-512, and with AI. With the former, the 9700X can actually beat the 7950X while with the latter, the 9600X is on par with the 7900X.
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