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Look at the idle power draw. The 9900 is higher and the performance is not that much better.
https://www.techpowerup.com/review/amd-ryzen-9-9900x/23.html
Lower power use by the 9900x across the board, idle included. If your focus is lower idle use though, either are clearly not good choices
Hmm you’re right. It looks like it CAN draw more power but under the same load would draw less. How did I make that mistake? Thanks for correcting me.