- Asus’ AI -Cache -Boost is said to improve the AI work load lift by nearly 20%
- The tests were performed with the three latest AMD Ryzen 9000 processors
- AMD’s Ryzen 7 9800x3D seems to be the most benefit of
ASUS has launched a BIOS feature called AI Cache Boost, which is said to increase the performance of the AI workload at AMDS Ryzen 9000 processors by up to 19.35%.
AI Cache Boost comes as part of a new BIOS firmware update to Asus’ AMD 800 series motherboards, which are said to “pump up the AI performance of your AMD Ryzen system” to AI apps, such as working with large language models (LLMS).
Specifically, ASUS has tested the two recently released AMD Ryzen 9950x3D and Ryzen 9 9900x3D processors and their optimizations that benefit “AI enthusiasts”.
To use the technology with a Ryzen 9000 series CPU and an AMD 800 series motherboard, then go to the UEFI BIOS tool, enter the Extreme Tweak tab and then switches AI -cache -Boost to ‘activated’ and it will have it ready to handle multiple AI workloads.
ASUS claims that AI -cache -Boost includes overblocking the Infinity clock to 2100 MHz, which is said to increase the total bandwidth of data management between Ryzen 9000 series CPU kernels, cache and memory to work with large language models.
The hardware manufacturer’s tests were performed with a ROG Crosshair X870E Hero Motherboard, an RTX 5090 and 32 GB DDR5 RAM as the test bench. In addition to the two most recently released AM5 chips, the 9800x3D was also set through its pace in Geekbench AI with Onnx Directml frame as a benchmark.
On average, ASUS ‘AI -cache boost saw about a 5% increase in Geekbench AI with its single precision and half precision results for both 9950x3D and 9900x3D. However, 9800x3D experienced the highest difference of 7.93% with its half precision score (comparison of standard of 63365 to 68393).
The alleged 12.5% performance shock was also achieved on 9800x3d with Ul Procyon AI Computer Vision Benchmark, a sweeping improvement of 1680 compared to 1490. Based on the published benchmarks, it seems that the popular game CPU can benefit from more than the two leading models.
Asus recognizes that it is still “early days” for the RTX 5090, so it had performed tests with the previous generation (but still excellent) RTX 4090 as well. It is this mating that we see the biggest lift in tandem with the existing BIOS feature Turbo Game Boost (which allows the CPU to function more effectively by disabling simultaneous multithreading).
By using both AI Cache Boost and Turbo Game Mode together, Amd Ryzen 9 9950x3d a leap from 1426 to 1702 in Ul Procyon AI Computer Vision Benchmark. Without Turbo game mode, however, the difference was minimal of only 1485 (4.1%). To get the best experience, you may need both BIOS features enabled.
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ASUS ‘Benchmarks reveals everywhere from a slight boost to a significant boost in AI performance on the Ryzen 9000 series when paired with leading graphics cards with 90 class for good target. Based on average, it seems that Ryzen 7 9800x3D is most beneficial to one or two top-end exceptions).
That said, to use this feature, you need a specific motherboard series and also the use of Turbo Game Mode to take things ahead. If you are considering building a rich exclusively for AI workload, it seems that the new BIOS feature may be a small shot in the arm to make things a little faster and easier, but it can be debated whether about 3-6% in most tests are worth upgrading.
