Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago

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x8 versus x16 - Any Impact on GPU performance? Tested with RX 9070 & Ryzen 7500F

Test System Details

Room Temp - 32 Deg

PC SPECS
● CPU : AMD Ryzen 5 7500f stock speed
● Cooler: Arctic freezer 34 black
● GPU: Asrock Challenger RX 9070 16GB GDDR6
● RAM: Adata XPG 32G DDR5 6000 MHZ 30 40 40 76
● MOTHERBOARD: MSI B850M-P
● SATA M2: Sandisk 2TB 500Mbps
● NVMe M.2 SSD : WD SN580 1TB NVME 4.0
● Case: COOLER MASTER 501L
● Power Supply: DeepCool 850W GOLD
● OS: Windows 11 Pro ver. 25H2
● Recorded: MSI AFTER BURNER & AMD Relive app