Quote Originally Posted by uOpt
Yes, because it's not.

Of course the amount of heat dissipated is equal to the power consumption, and neither is the TDP. Where do you think the energy would go if not into heat? Unless you overclock so much that a part of the energy goes into light for glowing or a big flash or even a shockwave then it's going into heat.

But the TDP is not the dissipated heat.
http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/cont...docs/30430.pdf - pg.29......
Thermal Design Power (TDP) is measured under the conditions of TCASE Max, IDD Max, and VDD=VID_VDD, and include all power dissipated on-die from VDD, VDDIO, VLDT, VTT, and VDDA.