(11-22-2014, 06:03 AM)AnyOldName3 Wrote: Some of the tiny baytrail chips, or something ARM-based would be more power efficient in terms of operations per joule, but they're not going to actually be able to get much done. Just be careful with terminology.
I think I'm implying x86, and baytrail is so low performance that it shouldn't be in the same league of comparisons.
However, yes, something along those lines could be more power efficient. Damn you nitpicker
And look here OP about energy consumption: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/pentium-g3258-overclocking-performance,3849-16.html
As you can see above Overclocking also gets a task done quicker so it can idle again. Overclocking does not mean a significant increase in power consumption when you take that into account.
But you have to have it as a dynamic overclock. When I'm on a web browser or desktop my CPU is clocked well below 1 GHz.