An enthusiast with the pseudonym Skatterbencher overclocked the AMD Ryzen 9700X processor to 6.3 GHz using liquid nitrogen, and it turned out to be faster than the flagship Intel Core i9-14900KF processor overclocked to 7.1 GHz in the OCCT performance test. The overclocker, using an eight-core AMD processor based on the Zen 5 architecture, set a new performance record in the OCCT AVX benchmark, scoring 269.35 points.
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The record was set with the Ryzen 7 9700X running at just 6,318 MHz. SkatterBencher didn’t just change the CPU’s frequency multiplier and voltage settings to achieve the overclock. It used a combination of techniques including BCLK tweaking, Precision Boost Overdrive, AMD Curve Optimizer, and Curve Shaper to allow Ryzen’s Precision Boost algorithm to run above 6 GHz under liquid nitrogen.
With a final score of 269.35 points, the overclocked Ryzen 7 9700X beat the Core i9-14900KF overclocked to 7.1 GHz (also using liquid nitrogen) in the same test. Intel’s flagship scored 14 points less, despite its frequency being almost 800 MHz higher.
However, in the SSE version of the OCCT test, the Ryzen 7 9700X processor was not as strong. It was unable to overtake the Core i9-14900KF and scored only 127.79 points, which is 8.76 points less than the Intel Raptor Lake chip.
In CPU-Z, the overclocked Ryzen 7 9700X scored 1,003 in the single-threaded performance test and 10,805 in the multi-threaded test. Skatterbencher was also able to overclock the Ryzen 7 9700X to 6.8 GHz, but with SMT (multi-threading) disabled. In Geekbench 6, the AMD processor overclocked to 6.3 GHz scored 3,902 in the single-threaded test and 21,135 in the multi-threaded test.
Our testing lab called the Ryzen 7 9700X a failure, but gave credit to the Zen 5 architecture itself. SkattterBencher’s overclocking result showed the strength of AMD’s Zen 5 architecture, even if it required the use of liquid nitrogen. Zen 5 is the first AMD architecture to feature AVX support with a full 512-bit data path. Intel’s Raptor Lake (13th Gen Core) and Raptor Lake Refresh (14th Gen Core) processors, on the other hand, lack any AVX-512 support, forcing the same Core i9-14900KF to use AVX and/or AVX2 instructions for the OCCT test. This is certainly the main reason why the Ryzen 7 9700X was able to outperform it even at such a severe clock speed disadvantage.
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Source: 3dnews.ru
