The Intel Problem: CPU Efficiency & Power Consumption

GRAB A BRAND NEW GN15 MOUSE MAT! (black/blue/yellow and available in signed or unsigned!) or consider buying one of our GN15 metal emblem glasses to support our work! A lot of you have requested that we run power consumption tests for gaming on CPUs, so we’ve finally done that! And alongside fulfilling that request, we also wanted to tackle a comment from Greg, our recurring antagonist commenter, who “requested“ CPU efficiency testing. These benchmarks look at the efficiency and raw power consumption of Intel vs. AMD CPUs. There’s a particular focus on the AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D and Intel Core i7-14700K and 14900K CPUs, as these are the most recent and directly comparable / best gaming CPUs. Watch the CPU Sample Size video! Learn about Intel’s Snake Oil: Read our CPU power consumption mega charts (these ones aren’t there yet!): Like our content? Please consider becoming our Patron to support us: You can also find Wendell from Level1 Techs here: RELATED PRODUCTS [Affiliate Links] AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D on Amazon: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D on Newegg: Intel Core i9-14900K CPU on Amazon: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X CPU on Amazon: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X CPU on Newegg: AMD R9 7950X on Newegg: TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - TwitterBall X 00:25 - BET 01:23 - Tests Included 03:22 - The Plan & Testing Methodology 06:54 - F1 2023 CPU Gaming Efficiency 08:12 - Locking the Framerate (F1) 10:25 - AMD’s Floor - I/O Die Requirements 10:44 - Cyberpunk: Phantom Liberty Heavy Gaming 12:15 - GPU-Bound CPU Efficiency in Gaming 13:28 - Starfield Efficiency 14:19 - GPU Utilization vs. CPU Power Discussion 15:28 - 60FPS Locked 16:21 - Baldur’s Gate 3 17:03 - Blender Power Efficiency (Wh) 17:27 - Compression Efficiency (MIPS/W) 17:47 - Photoshop Locked to 86W 18:10 - Highest Power Consumption Spikes 21:04 - Conclusions & Actual Electricity COST 25:59 - Future Plans for This Testing ** Please like, comment, and subscribe for more! ** Links to Amazon and Newegg are typically monetized on our channel (affiliate links) and may return a commission of sales to us from the retailer. This is unrelated to the product manufacturer. Any advertisements or sponsorships are disclosed within the video (“this video is brought to you by“) and above the fold in the description. We do not ever produce paid content or “sponsored content“ (meaning that the content is our idea and is not funded externally aside from whatever ad placement is in the beginning) and we do not ever charge manufacturers for coverage. Follow us in these locations for more gaming and hardware updates: t: f: w: Host, Testing, Test Lead, Video Editing: Steve Burke Video Editing, Testing: Mike Gaglione Video Editing: Tim Phetdara Guest: Wendell of Level1 Techs