CORE Or Boost? AMD's And Intel's Turbo Features Dissected
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Patrick Schmid and Achim Roos
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Intel arms its Core i5 and Core i7 CPUs with Turbo Boost. AMD's hexa-core Phenom II X6 chips sport Turbo CORE. Both technologies dynamically increase performance based on perceived workloads and available thermal headroom. Which one does the better job?
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Benchmark Results: Power Consumption
As expected, switching the Turbo features on or off doesn’t change idle power.
However, peak power increases under Turbo Boost and Turbo CORE. The differences are small, though.
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