Benchmarks: Power Consumption
There's no meaningful differences between the idle power consumption numbers for the AMD parts. The ASRock Mini ITX platform is noticeably thirstier than a previous build.
Differences in rated TDP generally become apparent as the processor is pushed. 2D load is represented by the at-mains figure during a run of wPrime. Tallying with the quoted figures the A8-7600 65W pulls an extra 19W over the 45W version. Do note how much more juice is required to drive the 100W-rated A10-6800K.
AMD is making gains, but the 22nm Core-i3 Haswell is proving hard to match.
