Starting things off with 3DMark Timespy and disabling SMT has quite a detrimental effect to the tune of 12%. Enabling PBO on max limits does push performance back up by 2% but for the best performance ...

TL;DR: AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X3D and 9900X3D processors are launching soon, with COLORFUL introducing "X3D Gaming Mode" to optimize performance. This mode disables one CCD and SMT, reducing latency and ...

X3D Turbo Mode reportedly does a few things to improve performance on 3D V-Cache CPUs. First and most obviously, it limits operations to a single core complex die (CCD). CPUs like the Ryzen 9 7950X3D ...

The AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X analyzed, reviewed, and overclocked, with a little help from Mother Nature and a winter storm front. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a ...