What makes the new AGESA particularly significant is that it officially adds a guaranteed 105-watt TDP option to both Ryzen 5 9600X and Ryzen 7 9700X.
The reception of AMD’s new Zen 5 architecture Ryzen 9000 series desktop processors has been lame to say the least, thanks to the dubious 65-watt TDP of the 8-core version, for example. Now the company has decided to fix the situation.
AMD has released the new AGESA PI 1.2.0.2 firmware for AM5 platform motherboards. The new AGESA adds a configurable 105 watt TDP for the Ryzen 5 9600X and 7 9700X models with all the guarantees and more. According to the company’s announcement, the Ryzen 7 9700X speeds up by about 10% due to the higher TDP, but the differences naturally depend on the applications used and, of course, also on the processor’s cooling.
In addition to the new cTDP level, the new AGESA improves the latencies between the CCD chips, although AMD points out that the high latencies in general were mainly a problem for one particular test application. According to the company, two operations were previously required, for reading and writing, but with the 1.2.0.2 version it can be done in one go. According to AMD, in some specific, highly latency-sensitive cases, you may also see performance differences, but in general, the change should not affect performance in either direction.
AMD also announced that motherboards based on the company’s new X870 and X870E chipsets will now be available. Without exception, motherboards support USB4 and PCI Express 5.0 technology for both the graphics card and one NVMe drive at the same time. The differences between the chipsets can be found in the number of PCIe lines and I/O connections. The new motherboards also support DDR5-8000 EXPO profiles.
Source: AMD
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