AMD’s Zen 5 Challenges: Efficiency & Power Deep-Dive, Voltage, & Value

Sponsor: Get 10% off Squarespace purchases () 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. The best way to support our work is through our store: - use code THISISFINE for 10% off while it is active. Like our content? Please consider becoming our Patron to support us: RELATED PRODUCTS [Affiliate Links] AMD R7 9700X on Amazon: AMD R7 9700X on Newegg: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D on Newegg: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D on Amazon: AMD R7 5700X3D on Amazon: AMD R7 5700X3D on Newegg: 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 (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 ** Please like, comment, and subscribe for more! ** Links to Amazon and Newegg are typically monetized on our channel (affiliate links) and may return a commission of sales to us from the retailer. This is unrelated to the product manufacturer. Any advertisements or sponsorships are disclosed within the video (“this video is brought to you by“) and above the fold in the description. We do not ever produce paid content or “sponsored content“ (meaning that the content is our idea and is not funded externally aside from whatever ad placement is in the beginning) and we do not ever charge manufacturers for coverage. Follow us in these locations for more gaming and hardware updates: t: f: w: Steve Burke: Test Lead, Writing, Host Patrick Lathan: Testing Mike Gaglione: Testing, Video Editing Jeremy Clayton: Testing, QC Vitalii Makhnovets: Video Editing