In a surprising turn of events, Gigabyte did just that announced up-to-date X3D Turbo Mode feature for their motherboards. This feature is designed to augment the performance of AMD Ryzen 7000X3D, Ryzen 9000X3D and Ryzen 9000 processors by up to 20-35%. The company said that X3D Turbo Mode is a set of “unique optimization parameters” that can measurably improve the performance of AMD processors.
Gigabyte says the X3D Turbo Mode feature will be available on AMD X870E, X870 and 600 motherboards with BIOS version F4e and AMD AGESA 1.2.0.2a. This feature is reported to augment gaming performance by up to 35% for the upcoming Ryzen 9000X3D processors, up to 20% for Ryzen 9000 processors, and by an unknown margin for Ryzen 7000X3D products, with no clear benchmark for comparison. However, it admits that performance improvements depend on “CPU model and DRAM conditions.”
Gigabyte even goes as far as to say that X3D Turbo Mode enables Ryzen 9000 processors to “achieve similar levels of gaming performance as their Ryzen X3D counterparts,” which is a bold claim considering that 3D V-Cache provides significant performance improvements single thread, which will tangibly augment game performance.
Gigabyte does not reveal how exactly the X3D Turbo mode works, nor does it specify whether it is about overclocking or increasing power limits. “Unique optimization parameters” are said to enable “smoother gameplay, higher frame rates and lower latency,” which means tuning the memory subsystem. However, it is challenging to believe that just overclocking memory parameters can provide a performance augment of 20% to 35%.
Given that Gigabyte is promising performance increases for AMD Ryzen 7000X3D, Ryzen 9000X3D and Ryzen 9000 processors, the company is doing something that is not specific to the Zen 5-based Ryzen 9000 series, but it works for both the Ryzen 7000 and 9000 series (but not for Ryzen 8000 series for some reason).
Also note that Gigabyte’s X3D Turbo Mode requires AMD AGESA 1.2.0.2a. It’s possible that the processor designer himself has discovered a way to improve the performance of his products, and Gigabyte is using a up-to-date set of parameters for its X3D Turbo mode. Anyway, let’s wait and see what this mode is all about.
