Dual-CCD Ryzen 5 7600X performance reportedly suffers a potential hit after the newest AGESA firmware update

The newest AGESA ComboAM5PI 1.0.0.4 firmware from AMD is allegedly inflicting performance troubles for some Ryzen 5 7600X processors. The report involves us courtesy of chi11eddog who means that the firmware is disabling Core0 on dual-CCD variations of the Ryzen 5 7600X inflicting boot failure. Fortunately, the subject solely plagues chips with AGESA 1.0.0.4.

For the uninitiated, the AMD Generic Encapsulated Software Architecture (AGESA) initializes reminiscence, processor cores, chipset, and so on, and is a a part of the Basic Input-Output System (BIOS).

While technically the Ryzen 5 7600X processor doesn’t want a number of CCDs, Ryzen 5 7600X processors can have twin CCDs, as AMD bins down silicon that doesn’t meet performance/high quality necessities for high-end Ryzen chips to lower-end Ryzen 5 and Ryzen 7 CPUs. This is finished to extract as many useable processors from a single wafer as attainable.

While we don’t have any official rationalization as to why some dual-CCD Ryzen 5 7600X components are affected Tom’s Hardware postulates that the AGESA 1.0.0.4 firmware could be having bother distinguishing single-CCD Ryzen 5 7600X CPUs from the dual-CCD ones inflicting it to disable Core0. At the time of writing, MSI and ASRock have pulled down the firmware from their web site for his or her X670 and B650 boards. Gigabyte hasn’t but adopted swimsuit.

If you’ve got, sadly, put in the firmware, update the BIOS of your motherboard to a newer model whether it is out there. Otherwise, you too can strive downgrading the BIOS to an earlier model.

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MSI & ASRock eliminated X670/B650 AGESA 1.0.0.4 (SMU 84.79.204) BIOS from the web sites.

It’s rumored some 7600X are downcore from 2-CCD SKU with Core0 disabled, with which 1.0.0.4 cannot boot. AGESA 1003 is okay.

New SMU 84.79.210 will repair. 1.0.0.4 BIOS nonetheless on Gigabyte web site. pic.twitter.com/N8wnryyXgg

— chi11eddog (@g01d3nm4ng0) January 7, 2023

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