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AMD Ryzen Eco Mode Deep-Dive & Benchmarks on R9 7950X (Zen 4)

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What it is

Gamers Nexus benchmarks the Ryzen 9 7950X in its BIOS Eco Mode presets (65W, 105W and stock 170W). It measures the performance cost against the power and heat savings.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Cited as evidence that Eco Mode gives large power savings for a small performance loss on Zen 4.

  • 3 people recommended it
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What HN commenters said

  1. “So just enable it and enjoy way more reasonable and efficient power usage with basically almost the same performance.”

    Benchmarks showing Eco mode saves much power for little performance loss

    shmerl, 2023-02 · Recommendation · in “PC CPU Shipments See Steepest Decline in 30 Years”

  2. “This has eco mode benchmarks”

    Eco mode benchmarks on the Ryzen 7950X

    protastus, 2023-10 · Recommendation · in “First 96-Core AMD Zen 4 Threadripper Tests Show Utter Domination over Intel”

  3. “putting the 7950x at a 105 watt eco made drop the performance around 5% but shaved almost 100 watts off of power”

    7950X at 105W eco loses about 5% performance and saves about 100W

    mrbigbob, 2023-10 · Recommendation · in “First 96-Core AMD Zen 4 Threadripper Tests Show Utter Domination over Intel”

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Topics: ryzen 7950x, eco mode, zen 4, benchmarks, power consumption

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