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ASRock B850 Challenger WIFI Motherboard Review: Strong Value Option For AMD Ryzen Builders With 12 Phase VRM & WIFI 7 at $179

Hassan Mujtaba

CPU Power Consumption Tests

The AMD Ryzen 9000 CPUs come in the same two or three chiplet configurations as the Ryzen 7000 series, with one or two of which are the aforementioned AMD Zen 4 CCDs fabricated on the 4nm process node. Then we have the larger die around the center, the IOD, based on a 6nm process node. The AMD Ryzen 9000 CCD measures a die size of 70.6 mm2 and features a total of 8.6 billion transistors per CCD. The IOD has a die size of 122 m2 and features 3.4 billion transistors.

Scattered around the package are several SMDs (capacitors/resistors) that usually sit under the package substrate if we consider Intel's CPUs. AMD is instead featuring them on the top layer, and as such, they had to design a new kind of IHS, which is internally referred to as the Octopus.

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Power Consumption (Stock System) Stress Test
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420
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140
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420
ASRock X870E Taichi
320
88
ASRock B850 Steel Legend WIFI
300
86
ASRock B850 PG RIPTIDE WIFI
296
86
ASRock B850 LiveMixer WIFI
295
86
Biostar B850MT-E PRO
292
86
ASRock B850 Challenger WIFI
290
84
MSI MAG B850M Mortar WIFI
290
82
ASRock B850I PG Lightning
282
84
Power Consumption (Stock) Gaming Test
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0
20
40
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120
ASRock X870E Taichi
63
98
Biostar B850MT-E PRO
61
97
ASRock B850 Steel Legend WIFI
60
95
ASRock B850 PG RIPTIDE WIFI
60
95
ASRock B850 LiveMixer WIFI
58
95
ASRock B850 Challenger WIFI
57
94
MSI MAG B850M Mortar WIFI
56
94
ASRock B850I PG Lightning
55
92

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About the author: A Software Engineer by training and a PC enthusiast by passion, Hassan Mujtaba serves as Wccftech's Senior Editor for hardware section. With years of experience in the industry, he specializes in deep-dive technical analysis of next-generation CPU and GPU architectures, motherboards, and cooling solutions. His work involves not only breaking news on upcoming technologies but also extensive hands-on reviews and benchmarking.

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