4 Way Intel H55 Motherboard Shootout Power Consumption

When compared to the AMD Athlon II X4 635 processor, the Core i3 540 uses only slightly less power at idle, while under load it consumes considerably less. The Core i7 750 which works at a lower clock speed and does not feature an onboard GPU consumes much less power at idle, but its quad-core design requires considerably more juice when under load.