Although the consumption of AMD processors has always been very limited, the lack of commitment to the consumption and the environment of Intel were Intel Core i9-14900ka processor whose consumption was 300WA real savage. With the launch of the range Core Ultra 200Intel focused on the prioritization of energy efficiency above consumption. As expected, this movement ended up seriously affecting sales of this series launched on the market at the end of 2024.
Knowing the consumption of a processor allows us to choose what is the Power supply What do we need and what system of refrigeration We have to use. The lower its consumption, the more we save on light of light and, moreover, the environmental impact is also reduced.
How much do my processor consume?
When we read the specifications of a processorWe find the same problem of always: the specifications are far from real. Consumption figures are only forms of time, as they depend on the Workload They have it, but allow us to have an idea.
The best way to know what the real time consumption a processor uses the central temperature. Central temperature is an application that allows us to know what the processor temperature In addition to its real consumption.
The operation of the application is very simple. Once we open the application, we must do so with administrator permits, the application will display the processor modelthe platform and the number of nuclei and threads. Then shows the frequency Regardless of each of the nuclei that the processor has with the workload he had at the time.
In the lower part of the application, the average temperature of the number of operational processors, as well as the minimum and maximum temperature they have reached is indicated. Just at the end, in the lower right corner, the W that the processor has at that time.
The more the speed at which the processors operate are high, not only the more the temperature will increase, but also their Energy consumption. In the following image, you can see the consumption he has when Fortnite is executed (first image) and when he loads a game (second image), a much higher consumption than being at rest with the Windows economy plan.
The only negative point of the application is that it does not allow to monitor these values of overprint on the screen and to know them in real time, we must go to the background application. What allows us to know is that real -time information from the taskbarWhere we can show both the frequency of the processor, such as the power, temperature and consumption of rams.
Core Temp is a free application that we can download directly from its website and which, moreover, is translated into Spanish, we will therefore have no problem when it comes to obtaining the entire game.
