Temperature RATING versus Wattage dissipation...

[Guest]

Hey all!
I was just noticing in the COMPARISON charts, for the Athlon64's and the Sempron64's , that there is a major difference between the Temp/Watt ratios, when comparing like-speed Semprons to Athlons...
I have heard that the speed of the cache has alot to due with temperature...is this why the rating if of the form:

70 Degrees (C) --- 89 (w) = Athlon64 ada3000bxbox

69 Degrees (C) --- 59 (w) = Sempron64 sda3000bxbox

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01 Degree (C) / 30 (w) = ratio difference between processors

With the cache being 1/4 for the Sempron , in accordance with the Athlon,
it seems that the cache has ALOT to do with Temperature versus Wattage differences!

Am I wrong, here?

[CPUShack]

The cores are almost identical ourtside of the cache, so the cache should account for most of the difference.

[Guest]