Wattage vs Processor clock speed - Any Benefit?

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I read today that next quarter - AMD will be releasing a 95 Watt version of their AMD Phenom II. Is there any tangible benefit to waiting for a 95 Watt version vs the current 125 Watt version? I can figure out - less heat output - but I'm curious more in terms of actual performance to the end user.

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AMD's Phenom II processors have proven competitive with (most of) Intel's finest Core 2 Quads, but they still tend to be a little power-hungrier. However, Fudzilla has word that AMD is planning a couple of new Phenom IIs with the same 95W power envelopes as vanilla Core 2 Quads—a step down compared to the 125W TDP of AMD's latest quad-cores.

Fudzilla predicts 95W Phenom IIs with the same 2.8GHz and 3GHz clock speeds as the existing Phenom II X4 920 and 940. These new, lower-power models will supposedly arrive in the middle of next quarter (so likely some time in August). At least in the case of the 3GHz model, Fudzilla suggests AMD will simply replace a current processor, the 125W Phenom II X4 945, with a lower-power revision instead of introducing a whole new product.

That may not be all AMD has planned in terms of low-power desktop CPUs, either. A separate report from last week said AMD also has 65W quad-core Phenom IIs and 45W quad-core Athlon IIs in the works, although those chips will reportedly only run at up to 2.5GHz. Still, those products could arrive before the rumored 95W Phenom II X4s.

http://techreport.com/discussions.x/16930
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With the Phenom II AM3 the X3 and the X4 810 are 95W. The X4 925 might be 95W, but the X4 945 and 955 are 125W. There are going to be some lower end ones that I know are going to be 95W and below as in the Phenom II X2, Athlon II X2 and X4
 
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With the Phenom II AM3 the X3 and the X4 810 are 95W. The X4 925 might be 95W, but the X4 945 and 955 are 125W. There are going to be some lower end ones that I know are going to be 95W and below as in the Phenom II X2, Athlon II X2 and X4
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The Tri- core is 3/4 of the processing power - so that's a no brainer as to the correlation.

The 810 on the other hand has a lower clock speed.

I guess my question - is are you losing something / or gaining something for having a comparable clock speed with more or less Wattage processor. Assuming all other things are equal of course - if that's possible?
 
Sure lower wattage and voltage is a good thing.(less heat) The Intel i7 and the Phenom both have onboard memory controllers so the wattage runs alittle higher than ones without. All the i7 are 130W. But AMD is getting better at it. The first Phenom 9850 was a 140 watt and only ran at 2.5ghz. But the new Phenom II AM3 955 that runs at 3.2ghz. is just at 125W.
 
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