Earlier quoted context omitted.
> 5600X is cheaper and acts less than a heater over the winter It’s impossible to keep my 5800x below 90C under full load.
This is where the 5700X shines. 8 cores, still cool.
In general, buying a power-limited desktop CPU has never been a good strategy to get better efficiency. You can always configure the full-power chip to only use that extra headroom for short bursts, and to throttle down to what you consider acceptable for sustained workloads.