there are 8 and 16 core SKUs as well for the price of a Ryzen. Very low idle power (15W)…and they mostly boost to max and run very cold…no fancy cooling required. less power → less heat
I have a link to some very interesting graphs from Phoronix
looks very good. Has power and performance graphs, Phoronix test best test. I get myself a 8224P once I can afford the corresponding U.3 I need for the build. This year was “expensive bike”-year 