We recently reported on the 105W modes of the AMD Ryzen 7 9700X and Ryzen 5 9600X processors. The latter showed some interesting gains on Cinebench, but this test alone is not representative of the CPU‘s capabilities. A Japanese media outlet is testing the gaming capabilities of these processors more widely!
Ryzen 7 9700X and Ryzen 5 9600X: a disappointing 105W mode?
Clearly, if you’re a PC gamer, these power consumption modes are not for you. As we can see, by switching these Ryzen 9000s from 65W to 105W and then to 120W, in games the gains are really negligible or even non-existent, as in F1 24 for example.
On Counter Strike 2 in DirectX11, the 9700X gained 1%, going from 558 FPS to 564 FPS in 105W. As for the 9600X, the gains are more interesting, but not transcendental: 1.55% and by going to 120W, the CPU displays a 2.66% improvement in FPS.
However, if you use your computer for work, things get immediately more interesting. Cinebench puts the gains at almost 10% for the 9700X, compared with almost 3% for the other model. On Handbrake, rendering times are reduced, but to a lesser extent for the Ryzen 5.
In short, if you are a PC gamer, we can clearly only advise you to avoid these profiles as much as possible, as the gains are negligeable while power consumption will increase in tandem with heating. However, for applications, we can record more significant gains, sometimes reaching 10% depending on the software used.
In the meantime, you should know that this 105W profile will be directly integrated into AMD’s AGESA 1.2.0.2, as well as benefiting fromwarranty support.
