Intel Core i7-980X Extreme 6-Core Processor Review
Total System Power Consumption
We'd like to cover a few final data points before bringing this article to a close. Throughout all of our benchmarking and testing, we monitored how much power our test systems consumed using a power meter. Our goal was to give you all an idea as to how much power each configuration used while idling and while under a heavy workload. Please keep in mind that we were testing total system power consumption at the outlet here, not just the power being drawn by the processors alone.
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Admittedly, this graph may look kinda boring, with relatively small deltas separating the high-end parts. But when you consider the Core i7-980X Extreme has 50% more cores and cache than the Core i7-975 and that it can be 50% faster (or more) with many workloads, the 980X's power consumption appears rather impressive. You get far more performance per watt with the new Core i7-980X Extreme in multi-threaded workloads versus any other CPU.
