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Old and new Ryzen CPUs get a speed boost from optional Windows update | And it turns out that old Ryzen CPUs benefit almost as much as newer ones.
And it turns out that old Ryzen CPUs benefit almost as much as newer ones.
AMD's numbers for both single- and multi-threaded versions of the Cinebench benchmark, which simulates these kinds of workloads, were exactly the same in Windows 11 23H2 and 24H2 for Ryzen 9000. But the 9700X is still the cooler and more efficient chip, and it's capable of higher speeds if you either set its TDP to 105 W manually or use features like Precision Boost Overdrive to adjust its power limits. Microsoft has disclosed a few details of the underpinnings of the 24H2 update, which looks the same as older Windows 11 releases but includes a new compiler, a new kernel, and a new scheduler under the hood.
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