https://wccftech.com/alleged-intel-alder-lake-s-desktop-cpu-runs-hot-93c-power-consumption-over-250w/ > Intel's Alder Lake-S Desktop CPUs are going to offer a huge performance increase over the current 14nm parts but will do so while running really hot and consuming lots of power. > The Intel Alder Lake-S Desktop CPU testing was done by WolStame over at Weibo who is Lenovo's China Gaming Desktop & Product Planning manager. In his post, WolStame states that it's not only the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 graphics card that would need 350W to run at its fullest potential & follows up with what seems to be early numbers of an Intel Alder Lake-S chip running at Lenovo's test labs.