How does ACP relate to Thermal Design Power (TDP)?
In the simplest terms, ACP conveys what a user’s CPU power experience may be like while running workloads under typical data center environmental and operating conditions. In contrast, AMD’s TDP is the processor design specification. The two can be quite different as a result. AMD’s TDP and ACP values are intended for completely different uses: • TDP is for system designers. • ACP is for people who want to know what the CPU power may be like under real-world conditions. The ACP value can have relevance for people in job roles that require them to estimate power consumption for the purpose of power budgeting. AMD will continue to provide thermal design power (TDP) specifications to platform designers and industry partners in the AMD thermal and power datasheets.
