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ASRock X570S PG Riptide Motherboard Review, Can This $185 US Board Handle A $799 US AMD Ryzen 9 5950X CPU?

Hassan Mujtaba

ASRock X570S PG RIPTIDE / Ryzen 9 5950X - Power Consumption Tests

The Intel Rocket Lake CPUs feature the brand new Cypress Cove architecture but still rely on the old 14nm process node. The higher clock speeds and increased core counts on the existing process node would result in a drastic level of increase in overall power consumption as can be seen in the charts below.

Power Consumption (Stock)
Load
Idle
0
90
180
270
360
450
540
0
90
180
270
360
450
540
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
306
108
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
325
111
Intel Core i5-8600K
330
115
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
338
114
Intel Core i7-8700K
341
114
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
351
120
Intel Core i5-10600K
355
114
Intel Core i9-9900K
368
115
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
363
118
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
365
125
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
366
142
Intel Core i9-10980XE
366
144
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
380
145
Intel Core i7-10700K
382
110
Intel Core i9-10850K
385
110
Intel Core i9-10900K
398
111
Intel Core i9-11900K
402
108

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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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