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Framework Desktop Power Mode Tuning For Better Performance Or Power Efficiency
Continuing on with our Framework Desktop benchmarking powered by AMD Ryzen AI Max 'Strix Halo', today we are looking at the performance and power impact of power mode tuning for this review sample powered by the AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 SoC.
Earlier this month I provided a deep dive into the power and thermals for the Framework Desktop while this article is looking now at the impact of the different power modes for the Framework Desktop under Ubuntu 25.04 Linux. The Framework Desktop was running with the AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 with Radeon 8060S Graphics, 128GB of LPDDR5-8000 memory, 2TB WD_BLACK SN7100 NVMe SSD, and running Ubuntu 25.04 with an upgrade to the Linux 6.16 stable kernel and the latest Mesa 25.3 graphics drivers. The ACPI Platform Profile also shifted to "low-power" in the power saver mode.
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