My primary unanswered question is this… We have seen benchmarks from primarily 1600X, 1700X, and 1800X, which as I understand it, all have XFR and turbo up in speed according to the thermal headroom available. So, are the benchmarks we see performed at the nominal speeds of these —-X series processors, or at some unknown turbo speed, possibly 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 Ghz?
I’m sure someone must have compared the numbers on earlier Ryzen leaks (fixed clockspeed, ~3.3 Ghz) to the current leaks to extrapolate if these X-series chips are running close to the 3.8, 4.0 they are listed at or turboing higher?
> Obviously if they are running at their rated specs, that bodes well for performance.
> If they are turboing but only very minimally, then again it indicates performance is strong but perhaps there is not much overclocking headroom (or the XFR feature does not utilize it effectively).
> Lastly, if they are turboing substantially, that means that this high level of performance has been obtained by overclocking these chips probably close to the max OC supported by air. Which is good and bad, because (-) the competition might be overclocked to have a more fair comparison, but at least (+) there is significant OCing headroom.