Power & Performance Tuning For The Framework 13 With AMD Ryzen AI 300 Series
From video encoding to gaming and other applications, the ACPI Platform Profile adjustments made a measurable difference on the Framework Laptop 13 with the AMD Ryzen AI 300 series. Those wanting to look at the individual data for more than 100 benchmarks see this result file.
When taking the geometric mean of all 100+ benchmarks conducted on the Framework Laptop 13 in the different platform profiles, switching to the performance profile led to 1.03x the performance of the out-of-the-box "balanced" profile. The balanced profile was already doing a good job maximizing the performance with reasonable power levels on the Framework 13. Meanwhile if wanting to extend your battery life, the low-power mode made a dramatic difference albeit running at 0.68x the performance of the stock configuration.
When running out-of-the-box in the balanced profile the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 was consuming 22 Watts but increased to 25 Watts in the performance profile. Meanwhile running in the low-power profile led to just a 10.7 Watt average... The peak power use was also much lower with 23 Watts in low-power mode or 51 Watts in balanced mode and 53 Watts in the performance mode. The low-power mode led to a nice boost in power efficiency with overall consuming just 0.48x the power of the default balanced profile while still delivering 0.68x the performance.
A look at how the peak CPU frequency was affected by the different platform profiles.
The low-power mode also led to a noticeable drop in temperatures too for this Framework Laptop 13 due to the lower power use.
For those curious about the platform profile impact for the new Framework Laptop 13 with AMD Ryzen AI 300 series, hopefully you found all of this reference data handy in determining if the performance profile is worthwhile for your workloads or just how beneficial the low-power mode is for maximizing your battery life / power efficiency. Thanks to Framework Computer for having supplied the Framework 13 as a review sample.
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