Amd would have lowered the frequencies 'boost clock' in ryzen 3000

For weeks now, the debate has revolved around the maximum 'boost clock' speeds promised by AMD. The official maximum clock speed refers to the maximum clock speed that Ryzen 3000 can achieve with Zen 2 under load in a core. However, many users have never seen it in relevant tools, while others have. It has not yet been officially clarified whether the CPU, motherboard, or BIOS and its AMD AGESA microcode are responsible for this.

An ASUS employee revealed that AMD has lowered the Ryzen 3000 'boost clock' frequencies

Reddit discussed the statement of an ASUS employee, who had spoken on the Overclock.net forum about AMD Ryzen 3000 boost clock rates. AMD would have lowered the boost clock with new versions of AGESA. AMD had been too aggressive with the boost clock in previous versions, and with a view to long-term reliability, now those frequencies would have been lowered a bit.

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In short, they were being too 'aggressive' with the frequencies provided above, and the current behavior of the maximum frequencies is more in line with their confidence in long-term reliability. The source claims that despite this, AMD would have a "more customizable" plan in the future for boost clock frequencies.

The new orientation of the AGESA code towards greater reliability through less aggressive turbo clock rates will not change for the moment, at least not with AGESA 1.0.0.4, said the ASUS employee.

This would explain the tests carried out with the Ryzen 7 3800X, where its maximum frequencies vary according to the motherboard.

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