AMD’s new Ryzen 7 9700X arrived with a headline-grabbing claim — that Zen 5 would overtake Intel’s Core i7-14700K in gaming — but real-world testing, Windows patches, BIOS updates and power measurements have turned that simple story into a complex one about test methodology, OS-level branch...
agesa 1.2
amdryzen9700x
benchmark methodology
bios updates
branch prediction
cpu comparison
ddr5-6000
frames per second
gaming performance
intel core i7-14700k
kb5041587
open-world performance
open-world titles
parity in gaming
power efficiency
windows 11 24h2
zen 5