Gigabyte Claims Up To 5% Gaming Performance Boost With X3D Turbo Mode With AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU

Gigabyte’s X3D Turbo Mode tweaks 3D V-Cache CPU parameters to achieve higher gaming performance, but the difference isn’t as big as previously promised with the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU.

Gigabyte’s X3D Turbo Mode reaches a 5% uplift with Ryzen 7 9800X3D but higher with AMD’s non-X3D and older chips

Gigabyte introduced a new feature called “X3D Turbo Mode” for its AM5 motherboards with AGESA 1.2.0.2a BIOS update, which seeks to uplift the gaming performance of AMD Ryzen 9000X3D processors. The feature isn’t just limited to these chips but also extends its support to non-X3D Ryzen 9000 and Ryzen 7000 processors as well.

It was previously claimed that the processors, specifically the “Ryzen 9000X3D” CPUs, can reach up to 35% higher gaming performance than usual and up to 20% higher performance with non-X3D Ryzen 9000 CPUs. The company has recently uploaded a teaser video showing its benefits in gaming, which shows the data for Ryzen 9800X3D, Ryzen 9950X, and the Ryzen 7 7950X3D processors.

As seen from the graph, the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D can achieve somewhere between 3-5% performance uplift. Only three games were tested, and the configuration used was probably the X870E AORUS Master and 4800 MHz memory as shown later in the BIOS interface. The three games and their respective performance uplift are as follows:

• Horizon Zero Dawn: +4.5%
• Tomb Raider: +5.01%
• Far Cry 6: +3.56%

It’s not clear which Tomb Raider game was used in the test, but it should probably be Shadow of the Tomb Raider. Nonetheless, the game is pretty GPU-intensive but shows the highest performance uplift. Still, we were expecting higher performance as these numbers aren’t even close to what Gigabyte promised.

However, any uplift is a good uplift and in other benchmarks, we can see that other CPUs did better than the 9800X3D. Still, take these numbers with a grain of salt till we get official benchmarks from independent reviewers. The benchmarks show that the Ryzen 9950X was able to achieve up to a solid 18% boost while the Ryzen 7950X3D was able to max out at 16%.

The comparison was done between the EXPO and EXPO+X3D Turbo Mode and, once again, we have the same three games. AMD Ryzen 9000 non-X3D CPUs seem to benefit more from X3D Turbo Mode, but the same can be said with Ryzen 7000X3D chips.

Last time Gigabyte didn’t share much about what this mode changes, but this time, it gave a slight sneak peek into the feature. As per the slide, the X3D Turbo Mode is responsible for Core Distribution, Bandwidth Tuning, and Hardware Power Balancing. The mode gives priority to games by assigning more cores to the games and tweaking the clocks and operating power to ensure the CPUs can be maxed out.

Still, the mode is dependent on the DRAM’s condition as well, and, likely, higher memory speed will further enhance the gaming performance. Once turned on from the BIOS, one can see the status through the AI Snatch in the Gigabyte Control Center app.

News Source: AORUS Japan