AMD mentioned that its performance numbers on the new Ryzen 9000 processors were higher than what reviewers got because it used Windows systems with the 24H2 update, which is responsible for the performance increase. What it forgot to mention is that the performance increase doesn’t only affect the new CPUs, but also the previous generation ones, from the 7000 and even the 5000 series! So, the performance differences that we found in our reviews won’t be affected; it is just that the frames will go up on all AMD processors. Of course, this is not good news for AMD since the 7000X3D processors will still lead in gaming performance until the 9000X3D processors are out.
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Since the 24H2 update has not been officially released yet, it will be released sometime in September. You can find it through Microsoft’s Windows Insider Release Preview channel or download it as an ISO file and install it on multiple PCs. Another option also brings this performance boost. Users on Windows 23H2 can install the KB5041587 update by going to Windows Update in Settings, selecting Advanced Options, and then Optional Updates. AMD claims the performance uplift is similar between 24H2 and 23H2 with KB5041587 installed. A note: in current Windows 11 23H2 versions, the CPU scheduler optimizations are only available using Windows’ built-in Administrator account. The update enables them for typical user accounts, too.
We will soon start testing all AMD Ryzen 9000 processors, along with the 7800X3D and 7950X3D, on Windows 24H2 to update all of our benchmark data. This procedure will be painful but necessary to maintain accurate results.
The Hardware Unboxed YouTube channel has tested the current builds of the 24H2 update and found that average frame rates increased by about 10 percent across dozens of games for a Zen 4-based Ryzen 7 7700X. Ryzen 7 9700X also got improved, but only by 11 percent. At default settings, the 9700X is only 2 or 3 percent faster than the previous generation 7700X in these games, whether running the 24H2 update or not.
