i5-8600K 130W?

[Tomaha4k_2k3]

Hey there, I was just benchmarking my i5-8600K and 1070 Ti at the same time, and I noticed that my CPU power got up to 120W. I did read in Intel page that the cpu can only push up to 95W. So what's the deal here?

[jj9987]

TDP does not equal power consumption. TDP only shows how much is dissipated as heat.

And this all changes once you overclock your CPU.

[Tomaha4k_2k3]

2 minutes ago, jj9987 said:

TDP does not equal power consumption. TDP only shows how much is dissipated as heat.

And this all changes once you overclock your CPU.

Ohhhhhh, alright thanks man

[tarfeef101]

Most motherboards these days at stock settings do not follow Intel's spec. They may auto-overclock your CPU, or change the turbo boost duration, etc to get more performance, but that comes at the cost of heat/power consumption.

Also as pointed out, TDP is closer to "the amount of heat your cooler should be rated to dissipate to cool this CPU when it is running at Intel's stock spec", and it not exact, perfectly defined, or equal to power consumption.

[GoldenLag]

intel TDP does not follow powerdraw at all. 

 

TDP = Thermal Design Power

 

boards partners are happy to break spec and the 95 watt TDP isnt considered very honest.