Ryzen balanced

[mategrave]

Hello

Just wondering if it's better to leave things balanced or use bitsum high performance. I was curious how accurate AMD's statement that their processors are meant to function at balanced profile is, and if pushing high is truly damaging things. At least for Windows 11. They advise leaving it as Windows balanced because it is 5800x and there is no Ryzen balanced.

[Jeremy Collake]

Using a more aggressive power plan like BHP is definitely not damaging anything, the loss is in energy efficiency.

No matter how well-tuned a processor is for the Balanced power plan, there is some performance cost to the ramp-up/down of processor states. For that reason, we recommend BHP while gaming.

That said, it's not impossible that some user workloads do better in the Balanced power plan, but we aren't aware of any specific cases. You can switch which power plan Performance Mode uses in 'Options / Power / Performance Mode / Select Power Profile...'.

[oductivefor]

Balanced power plan: This prioritizes energy efficiency and keeps the CPUbasketball legends at a lower clock speed most of the time. Performance might be slightly lower, but it reduces heat generation and power consumption.
High Performance power plan: This prioritizes maximum performance and allows the CPU to run at higher clock speeds more often. This can be beneficial for demanding tasks but can also lead to increased heat and power consumption.

Previously, I was a bit worried about performance when using BHP to play games. But after listening to you, I feel much more secure.

[tapfrazzled]

Hello

Just wondering if it's better to leave things balanced or use bitsum high performance. I was curious how accurate AMD's statement that their processors are meant to function at balanced profile is, and if pushing high is truly damaging things. At least for Windows 11. They advise leaving it as Windows balanced because it is 5800x and there is no Ryzen balanced.

I recently purchased a 5600X as an upgrade for my old CPU.  I purposely chose the "X" version since I wanted something that would last a long time, and I'm hoping that the overclocking flexibility will allow me keep it at least livable in the future. I became quite concerned since I was seeing temperatures in the lower 80s during heavy usage (mainly Prime95, but occasionally for a few moments in gaming), and in Prime95 it could even reach 90 and stay there if I didn't stop it.