AMD Ryzen 7000 and Ryzen 7000X3D processors draw higher idle power!

Before going into the details of the news, let’s state that this is not a technical problem and that the Ryzen 7000 and Ryzen 7000X3D series processors consume much less energy under load than the current Intel processors. However, as discovered by Igor’s Lab, these processors appear to have very high power spikes at idle.

AMD draws more power at idle

While AMD has discovered the root cause of the burning issues currently affecting some users and their Ryzen 7000 / Ryzen 7000X3D CPUs, some tech organizations have launched their own investigations and discovered something interesting. Tests by Hardware Busters and Igor’s Lab have found that the latest AM5 chips experience very high power spikes at idle. This is said to be unrelated to the burn-in issue, but is stated by AMD and its partners as something that could be addressed in future BIOS updates.

In tests using the Powenetics v2 system, which allows full power measurements, including transients, it was seen that the processor that experienced transient spikes most frequently was the Ryzen 9 7950X3D. This processor has drawn 130W at idle, well above its nominal TDP of 120W and also the idle average of around 50W. The Ryzen 9 7900X drew peak 109W (Avg. 63W) at idle, while the Ryzen 9 7900 drew 95W (Avg. 48W) at idle. For now, it is unclear what caused this.

not a serious problem

AMD and motherboard manufacturers are preparing and releasing AGESA 1.0.0.7 BIOS software now. This update focuses more on the burning problem, boot times and memory management on the Ryzen 7000 and Ryzen 7000X3Ds. Therefore, the elimination of idle power draws may be delayed in subsequent updates.

On the other hand, this is not a serious problem and it is not expected to cause any damage to processors or use. However, important names in the industry state that the RMA, that is, return requests in the Ryzen 7000 series are much lower than the previous Ryzen 5000 series. Therefore, it is necessary not to let the aforementioned problems affect the processor purchasing preference for the end consumer.