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Why the cooling capacity is much lower on recent AMD models than the Intel ones?
I have seen this multiple times, but do not know the reasons
 
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Why the cooling capacity is much lower on recent AMD models than the Intel ones?
I have seen this multiple times, but do not know the reasons
You can't compare the cooling capacity on Ryzen 7 7700X to that of Intel i7-13700K, the reason I use these two CPUs is to see how different processors can be impacted by cooling.

The 7700X uses less power, but it has a higher thermal density. If you were gonna try to compare Intel to AMD more closely here, you'd need to at least use a 7900X instead.
 
with max turbo TDP of 253 watts for intel , I think that air cooling is not an option anymore for intel unless you are willing to sacrifice alot of performance , and thats before any OC.
 
with max turbo TDP of 253 watts for intel , I think that air cooling is not an option anymore for intel unless you are willing to sacrifice alot of performance , and thats before any OC.
Both AMD and Intel CPUs will hit TJMax in maximum intensity workloads, and neither loses a lot of performance with air cooling. Really - unless you're using a tiny SFF cooler, the performance difference will be small in heavy loads like rendering and non-existent in most common workloads.

In this author's personal opinion overclocking is mostly pointless on most modern CPUs unless you're willing to delid your CPU.