Well... You are comparing an extremely old generation CPU versus a much, much newer architecture in completely different price ranges.
Threadripper is meant to be a computing beast. It's a high power cost, high performance CPU designed specifically for complex computation.
The 3770K back in..what, 2012? Wasn't the same product level, first of all, and second of all was geared towards enthusiast gamers who wanted to overclock even though it cost them a premium over the normal model.
It was a good CPU for its time, but it wasn't intended for the same use case as the threadripper so it's a really bad comparison.
Makes sense with how good the Apple M1 is and how power hungry x86 is.
I love my threadripper but it pulls 190w at idle. My 3770k only pulled around 50w at idle. (Both at the wall full system measurements).
Well... You are comparing an extremely old generation CPU versus a much, much newer architecture in completely different price ranges.
Threadripper is meant to be a computing beast. It's a high power cost, high performance CPU designed specifically for complex computation.
The 3770K back in..what, 2012? Wasn't the same product level, first of all, and second of all was geared towards enthusiast gamers who wanted to overclock even though it cost them a premium over the normal model.
It was a good CPU for its time, but it wasn't intended for the same use case as the threadripper so it's a really bad comparison.
I went from a 3770k to a 1900x. I only bought tr4 for the pci-lanes.
However, all x86 have rather high power consumption. My 2020 macbook pro has half the battery life of the m1.
When I was mining eth with the tr4, I was pulling 900-1000w from the wall.
My guess is the purpose of this legislation is to limit high energy mining, which tends to parallel premium gaming rigs.