Timeline for Argh! nothing more annoying than a high voted answer that is completely wrong [duplicate]
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| Sep 10, 2014 at 22:16 | comment | added | JamesRyan | @Mokubai I am not missing that. If you take fab size and tdp that gives basically a rough idea of the number of transistors (which is available as a stat anyway). However this completely ignores architecture which makes a HUGE difference. The whole point of the question was to compare CPUs in mobile to desktop, he brought up TDP specifically to compare differing types of CPU but his method as you point out is meaningless. | |
| Sep 10, 2014 at 21:08 | comment | added | Mokubai Mod | You are missing the point of the rest of what is said in the answer, when comparing processors of a similar age and class (i.e. the fabrication size as was mentioned) then TDP is a very valid way to roughly determine CPU complexity. You can't expect anything from 2002 (45nm or larger features) to compete with something from 2012 (22nm features) and get anything close to meaningful results. You need to reread the answer and notice that he states that TDP and fabrication size are both highly important (and must effectively be taken together) when comparing CPUs. | |
| Sep 10, 2014 at 20:01 | comment | added | Ramhound | Because if it takes 90 watts to run a CPU at 3ghz and only 45 watts to run a different CPU at 3Ghz which one has better performance? | |
| Sep 10, 2014 at 18:54 | comment | added | JamesRyan | @Ramhound You can't compare an ARM processor from a mobile to them either! In what way is it not technically wrong when I have just shown that TDP does not equate to performance and he is saying that it does? | |
| Sep 10, 2014 at 18:40 | comment | added | Ramhound |
Except the answer isn't technically wrong. You can't compare an Athlon XP to any of the Intel Core products.
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| Sep 10, 2014 at 16:53 | history | edited | JamesRyan | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 10, 2014 at 16:04 | history | closed | Oliver SalzburgMod | Duplicate of How to deal with an answer that is popular but wrong? | |
| Sep 10, 2014 at 15:24 | history | edited | JamesRyan | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 10, 2014 at 15:21 | answer | added | Journeyman GeekMod | timeline score: 6 | |
| Sep 10, 2014 at 15:19 | history | asked | JamesRyan | CC BY-SA 3.0 |