The AMD Ryzen 9 7900, Ryzen 7 7700, and Ryzen 5 7600 Review: Zen 4 Efficiency at 65 Watts
by Gavin Bonshor on January 9, 2023 9:00 AM ESTGaming Performance: 1080p
Moving along, here's a look at a more balanced gaming scenario, running games at 1080p with maximum image quality.
We are using DDR5 memory on the Ryzen 7000 series 65 W SKUs, as well as the other Ryzen 7000 processors tested, at the following settings:
- DDR5-5600B CL46 - Intel 13th Gen
- DDR5-5200 CL44 - Ryzen 7000
- DDR5-4800 (B) CL40 - Intel 12th Gen
All other CPUs such as Ryzen 5000 and 3000 were tested at the relevant JEDEC settings as per the processor's individual memory support with DDR4.
Civilization VI
World of Tanks
Borderlands 3
Grand Theft Auto V
We have highlighted a few odd results in our GTA V 1080p testing, including the Ryzen 9 7950X, Ryzen 5 7600X, and the Core i5-12600K. We are planning to re-test these processors within the next couple of days, and we will add these results when we have retested them.
Red Dead Redemption 2
We have highlighted some odd results in our RDR2 1080p testing, including the Ryzen 9 7950X and the Ryzen 5 7600X. We are planning to re-test these processors within the next couple of days, and we will add these results when we have retested them.
F1 2022
Hitman 3
Total War: Warhammer 3
Cyberpunk 2077
Moving onto our testing at 1080p, and in most of the games tested, we see the Ryzen 9 7900, Ryzen 7 7700, and Ryzen 5 7600 in a better light. It's quite impressive that all three chips retain a large amount of their performance despite being limited with a 65 W TDP (90 W under load), which shows they have more than enough processing power for most titles on the market.
The only negative we saw came in Cyberpunk 2077, where all three displayed solid performance levels about average frame rates but fell behind a little in 5% low (95th percentile) frames.
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bcortens - Monday, January 9, 2023 - link
My annoyance is mostly that it is misleading - while I understand that companies market these things this way the fact of the matter is that the efficiency is not at 65 Watts, its at 90 Watts. Sure they are spectacularly efficient compared to when running them without power limits but the power limits given by marketing are useless for talking about efficiency because they are just numbers on a slide. AMD could call it TDP 50 Watts and it would be just as meaningful because the real number is so far off.Zucker2k - Monday, January 9, 2023 - link
The 90 watts also doesn't account for iod consumption. So, overall chip consumption is higher than 90 watts.mczak - Monday, January 9, 2023 - link
That's definitely wrong. The PPT number, as the name implies (package power tracking) certainly includes the IOD, it's a limit which applies to the socket. (It does of course not include the B650 (or whatever) chipset but that's of course the same with intel.)Zucker2k - Monday, January 9, 2023 - link
PPT is AMD's version of Intel's PL2 or boosting power level.The power limits reported for the chip and iod are separate.
Gigaplex - Monday, January 9, 2023 - link
PPT is for the whole package. The CCD and IOD do report separate power, but the total package power is also reported and is what is governed by PPT.Gigaplex - Monday, January 9, 2023 - link
PPT does include the IOD, but the TDP is pretty close to the actual power consumption of the CCD.yankeeDDL - Wednesday, January 11, 2023 - link
There's no perfect solution. The gap between what "you think" 65W means in case of AMD, and the reality, is still much smaller than in case of Intel's TDP.Inte'ls 125W CPU can reach well beyond 200W, which is insane (nearly 2x). In case of AMD the difference (explained quite clearly) is much lower (30~40%).
Gigaplex - Monday, January 9, 2023 - link
Another thing to add is that the 65W chips use about 65W for the cores, the rest of the wattage is for the IO.Zucker2k - Tuesday, January 10, 2023 - link
PL2 (boost power level) for Ryzen is tdp x 1.35. So, in this case: 65x1.35 = 87.75. The IOD consumes more than what ll be left here. In any case, the best way to measure these types consumption, from my observations, is to measure from the wall. It usually results in far greater discrepancies than software reports.Atari2600 - Tuesday, January 10, 2023 - link
Source please zucker.