Exponential Ryzen Voltage-Frequency Curve (Overclocking)
1,867We demonstrate AMD Ryzen 2's exponential volt-frequency curve (normal for Intel, too) & overclocking vs. safe voltages on an R7 2700X vs. 1700.
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Article: https://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/3290-exponential-ryzen-voltage-frequency-curve
Der8auer's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogYess5WelY
This testing benchmarks the AMD Ryzen 7 2700X vs. Ryzen 7 1700 for volt-frequency performance and overclocking, mostly plotting a V-F curve to help illustrate the exponential trend of voltage required to maintain a given clock. As expected, the R7 2700X is a better overclocker than the R7 1700 -- not news -- and also maintains its higher clocks at a lower relative voltage than the R7 1700. That said, it also hits a wall at some point, and that's the point at which sub-ambient cooling solutions would be required to push further in our AMD Ryzen CPU benchmarks. This partly looks at Ryzen 2 thermal performance and power consumption of the 2700X, but only in the context of our V-F testing. The article explains the test methodology used for our R7 2700X vs. R7 1700 frequency testing, and also talks a bit about how "safe" voltages are less important than just maintaining safe temperatures for Ryzen 2. Besides, if you can't keep temperature low, it'll be hard to hit an unsafe temperature.
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Host, Editorial: Steve Burke
Testing, Editorial: Patrick Lathan
Video: Andrew Coleman
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