Which really shouldn’t be too surprising, I guess–all those CUs need power.
I do think power requirements for this level of performance will keep dropping over the next several years, but it doesn’t seem like it’s quite within the necessary power envelope at this point.
ETA Prime tried running the 395 at lower TDPs, and the result was that it lost most of its performance advantage: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=r8JpqfqBpvQ
Which really shouldn’t be too surprising, I guess–all those CUs need power.
I do think power requirements for this level of performance will keep dropping over the next several years, but it doesn’t seem like it’s quite within the necessary power envelope at this point.