On average by 10%, in the best case even by 30%.
A few weeks ago, AMD’s new Ryzen 9000 processors based on the Zen 5 architecture were released, but according to reviews, neither the high-end nor the mainstream models performed well. While the multi-core performance gains were still pretty decent, they were absolutely minimal in games. Reviewers started looking at the processors in more detail because the numbers seemed really weird. And then AMD published a report that performance would be significantly improved as part of the upcoming 24H2 update for Windows 11, which is currently in preview. And that’s where YouTube channel Hardware Unboxed tried its hand at 40 games.
The results are incredible. The update, which is supposed to optimize branch prediction for AMD processors, increases performance by an average of 11% on the Ryzen 7 9700X, and in some cases it reaches around 30, such as in Gears 5 or Fortnite, more than 20% in Remnant 2, Homeworld 3, World War Z or the resource-intensive adventure game Star Wars Jedi: Survivor. For some games, the gain was only in percentages, but what is important is that the worst result was a draw (especially for 3-player games), so the update does not cause any performance degradation.
It should be immediately added that the shift affected not only Zen 5, almost the same numbers, and in some cases even greater, were also observed in the Ryzen 7 7700X with the Zen 4 architecture. On average, it was 10% faster compared to the current version of Windows 11, although the maximum and minimum were very similar to Zen 5, there was no regression.
Ryzen 9700X | Source: Unboxed Hardware
Zen 4 vs. Zen 5 | Source: Unboxed Hardware
The new update is not so much a solution for Zen 5, but a major improvement for all owners of new AMD processors. Owners of Ryzen 5000 processors with Zen 3 architecture should even benefit from the update, but we will have to wait for tests there. So Zen 5 remains a disappointment. In the current version of Windows 11, it was on average only one percent faster than Zen 4 in 40 games, in the new update – two percent.
However, the optimization means that AMD will likely gain a big advantage over Intel’s processors. We’ll have to wait for more detailed tests, but Steve from Hardware Unboxed tried the Core i5-14600K in several games with big AMD shifts, and the result was complete stagnation. The only exception was Gears 5, where Intel also benefited significantly from the update, although not as much as AMD.
Source :Indian TV
