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AMD Ryzen 9000 Zen 5 CPUs Set for Power Boost, AGESA Update Increasing TDP up to 105W

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System Name PC on since March 2025, upgraded from 5900X
Processor Ryzen 7 9700X (March 2025), 150W PPT limit, 85C temp limit, CO -30, +100MHz (up to 5.65GHz)
Motherboard Asrock X870E NOVA, BIOS v3.2, AGESA PI 1.2.0.3a Patch A
Cooling Arctic Liquid Freezer II 420mm Rev7 (Jan 2024) with off-center mount for Ryzen, TIM: Kryosheet
Memory 2x32GB G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB (March2025) 6000MT/s 1.35V CL30-36-36-36-28-64 1T, tRFC:500, Hynix A-D
Video Card(s) Sapphire Nitro+ RX 7900XTX (Dec 2023) 314~467W (382W current) PowerLimit, 1060mV, Adrenalin v25.3.1
Storage NVMe: 990Pro 2TB(OS 25), 980Pro 1TB(22), 970Pro 512(19) / S-III: 850Pro 1TB(15) 860Evo 1TB(20)
Display(s) Dell Alienware AW3423DW 34" QD-OLED curved (1800R), 3440x1440 144Hz (max 175Hz) HDR400/1000, VRR on
Case Thermaltake Core P8 TG Gaming Full Tower
Audio Device(s) Astro A50 headset
Power Supply Corsair HX750i, ATX v2.4, 80+ Platinum, 93% (250~700W), modular, single/dual rail (switch)
Mouse Logitech MX Master (Gen1)
Keyboard Logitech G15 (Gen2) w/ LCDSirReal applet
Software Windows 11 Home 64bit (v24H2, OSBuild 26100.3476), Install March 2025
Early testing of my 9700X under prime 95 blend for over an hour, HWiNFO shows average power draw of 118w & this is with AVX512 disabled.
Using 3.06 bios for my board (AGESA 1.2.0.0)
Don't know why a new AGESA is needed when my chip has a TDP of 88W but its already peaking up to 120w under severe stress...
Actually 9700X launched with 65W TDP (88W PPT) and if this new AGESA is true it will get to 105W TDP (125W PPT).

If you saw 118W (PPT?) then you must have PBO on?
 
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The upcoming AGESA update is certainly intriguing. It will be interesting to observe its effects on both performance and power efficiency.
 
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