Gamers Nexus | AMD's Zen 5 Challenges: Efficiency & Power Deep-Dive, Voltage, & Value @GamersNexus | Uploaded August 2024 | Updated October 2024, 6 days ago.
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This deep-dive looks at the AMD Zen 5 CPU efficiency for the Ryzen 7 9700X and Ryzen 5 9600X, introducing gaming efficiency and compression efficiency to our testing suite. The benchmarks find that AMD's Zen 5 is at times extremely efficient, like in some all-core workstation tasks (such as rendering), but can also be remarkably inefficient in some gaming scenarios. Even when FPS-normalized (locked to 60FPS) or power normalized (locked to 50W PPT), the Zen 5 CPUs can prove less efficient than Zen 4 in many scenarios. This also introduces testing of the 7700 non-X and 7600 non-X, as those were lower TDP parts more directly comparable to the 9700X and 9600X for power testing.
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Zen 5 Power Efficiency Research
03:18 - Don't Buy Zen 5
05:51 - Testing Methodology
07:45 - Definitions & Efficiency
09:39 - Blender Power Efficiency
10:51 - Cyberpunk Phantom Liberty Power Efficiency
12:35 - 10-pt & 30-pt Highs in Cyberpunk
13:50 - 60FPS Locked Power Comparison
14:21 - Cyberpunk CPU Voltage
15:35 - FFXIV Dawntrail CPU Efficiency
17:27 - FFXIV Dawntrail Power vs Time
18:39 - FFXIV Max VID
19:15 - FFXIV VDDCR SVI3
19:50 - FFXIV All-Core Frequency
20:19 - Stellaris Efficiency
21:45 - F1 24 Benchmarks
24:37 - Starfield Efficiency
25:55 - Baldur's Gate 3 CPU Benchmarks
26:47 - Rainbow Six Siege CPU Benchmarks
28:12 - 7-Zip Compression CPU Benchmarks
29:25 - Stellaris Highs
30:14 - FFXIV Dawntrail Highs
31:03 - Electricity Cost Per Year
32:53 - Conclusion
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This deep-dive looks at the AMD Zen 5 CPU efficiency for the Ryzen 7 9700X and Ryzen 5 9600X, introducing gaming efficiency and compression efficiency to our testing suite. The benchmarks find that AMD's Zen 5 is at times extremely efficient, like in some all-core workstation tasks (such as rendering), but can also be remarkably inefficient in some gaming scenarios. Even when FPS-normalized (locked to 60FPS) or power normalized (locked to 50W PPT), the Zen 5 CPUs can prove less efficient than Zen 4 in many scenarios. This also introduces testing of the 7700 non-X and 7600 non-X, as those were lower TDP parts more directly comparable to the 9700X and 9600X for power testing.
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AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D on Amazon: geni.us/8YGIb
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Zen 5 Power Efficiency Research
03:18 - Don't Buy Zen 5
05:51 - Testing Methodology
07:45 - Definitions & Efficiency
09:39 - Blender Power Efficiency
10:51 - Cyberpunk Phantom Liberty Power Efficiency
12:35 - 10-pt & 30-pt Highs in Cyberpunk
13:50 - 60FPS Locked Power Comparison
14:21 - Cyberpunk CPU Voltage
15:35 - FFXIV Dawntrail CPU Efficiency
17:27 - FFXIV Dawntrail Power vs Time
18:39 - FFXIV Max VID
19:15 - FFXIV VDDCR SVI3
19:50 - FFXIV All-Core Frequency
20:19 - Stellaris Efficiency
21:45 - F1 24 Benchmarks
24:37 - Starfield Efficiency
25:55 - Baldur's Gate 3 CPU Benchmarks
26:47 - Rainbow Six Siege CPU Benchmarks
28:12 - 7-Zip Compression CPU Benchmarks
29:25 - Stellaris Highs
30:14 - FFXIV Dawntrail Highs
31:03 - Electricity Cost Per Year
32:53 - Conclusion
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Jeremy Clayton: Testing, QC
Vitalii Makhnovets: Video Editing
![[Outdated - New Tests] Counter-Strike 2 CPU Benchmarks: E-Core Challenges & X3D Benefits](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8mmeQ6DGIMY/hqdefault.jpg "[Outdated - New Tests] Counter-Strike 2 CPU Benchmarks: E-Core Challenges & X3D Benefits
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NEW BENCHMARKS! Find more tests with fps_max modified here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiqojNU-RBg
NOTE: Were running additional tests with a few console commands for further uncapping performance, but also will be trying some affinity options. Those will be published in a follow-up. This testing is accurate and representative to the performance when sticking to the in-game menu, but our viewers pointed-out a console command that will further boost performance of the very top-end CPUs on our charts (no impact to mid-range and below). We asked our community to vote on what to do. Learn more here! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChIs72whgZI9w6d6FhwGGHA/community?lb=UgkxKOSDFhPIxr22RFeN6tnXToCKTqRTJCu7
This benchmark looks at Counter-Strike 2 CPU performance. Our #counterstrike CPU benchmarks faced struggles with constant game updates (although thats a good thing for the game itself), but one thing that remained consistent was high performance among AMDs Ryzen X3D CPUs, including the Ryzen 7 5800X3D and Ryzen 7 7800X3D CPUs. We also found that, although Intel overall scaled OK, the 13900K specifically had too much of a good thing with its E-cores. Disabling the E-cores dramatically improved frametime consistency, something that reflected in 1% and 0.1% lows.
Our Counter-Strike 2 GPU benchmarks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edAVnclEEr8
Additional thoughts from our testing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O87yzyfOfnY
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Title updated on 10/14/23 to include [Outdated - New Tests] as we have published a follow-up with more benchmarks, linked above.
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Counter-Strike 2 CPU Benchmarks
01:35 - Constant Updates, Bench Methods, & Challenges
04:00 - 1080p/Low CPU Benchmarks for CS2
06:31 - 1080p/Medium CPU Benchmarks in Counter-Strike
07:22 - Vulkan vs. DirectX 11 Benchmarks
08:03 - 13900K E-Core Problems & Hyperthreading
09:41 - Conclusion
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Testing: Mike Gaglione
Testing: Jeremy Clayton
Video: Vitalii Makhnovets")
