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Intel Core i7-10700 Draws More Power than the 10700K Under Load Despite Lower TDP Rating

According to a test conducted by AnandTech, Intel’s Core i7-10700 (non-K) appears to draw more power than the 11700K under load. This is despite the fact that the former had a TDP nearly half as much as the latter: 65W vs 125W. Then why is this happening?

As already explained in an earlier post, the TDP values specified by Intel only correspond to the power draw at the base clock or PL1, with the chip usually drawing 50-100% more power under full load at the boost clock, otherwise known as the PL2 value:

As you can see in the above graph, the Core i7-10700K draws slightly more power when less than six cores are engaged as it boosts to a higher clock than its non-K counterpart (5.1GHz vs 4.8GHz), but as all the cores kit in, the boost clock is more or less the same for both the chips. Due to the better binning quality of the K variant, it draws slightly less power despite performing a tad bit better and having a slightly higher all-core boost (4.6GHz vs 4.7GHz).

10th Gen Processor PL1 Power (W) PL2 Power (W) Tau (Seconds)
Core i9-10900K 125 250 56
Core i7-10700K 125 229 56
Core i5-10600K 125 182 56
Core i9-10900 65 224 28
Core i7-10700 65 224 28
Core i5-10600, Core i5-10500, Core i5-10400 65 134 28
Core i3-10320, Core i3-10300, Core i3-10100 65 90 28
Pentium Gold 6500, Pentium Gold 6400, Celeron G5920, Celeron G5900 58 58 28
Core i9-10900T 35 123 28
Core i7-10000T 35 123 28
Core i5-10000T 35 92 28
Core i3-10000T 35 55 28
Pentium Gold G6500T, Pentium Gold G6400T, Celeron 5900T 35 42 28

Areej

Computer hardware enthusiast, PC gamer, and almost an engineer. Former co-founder of Techquila (2017-2019), a fairly successful tech outlet. Been working on Hardware Times since 2019, an outlet dedicated to computer hardware and its applications.
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