r/overclocking - for those who like to push their chips a little harder

The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/IngenuityCool6493 on 2025-06-12 11:58:51.

Hi all!

I used to have a 9800x3d and my boost clocks would always go to max, 5225 mhz and the effective clock during stress tests would go slightly above the clock speed.

But with my 9950x3d, during stress tests, I never see the clock speed hit its max of 5550/5750 and stay there consistently.

Is this normal? Yes I have pbo enabled, and some curve shaper settings of -15 on medium temp max/high/medium freq and -10 on high temp max/high/med in addition to have a -10co. Scalar 1x, default/disabled/mobo limits yield same results. 85tjmax vs 95tjmax yields the same results.

Thanks.

EDIT: i should mention my cppc is set to frequency and I manually use process lasso to assign games to ccd0.

My reason for wondering is basically am i getting full power from ccd0 for gaming and why did my 9800x3d hit above clock speed effective clocks and my 9950x3d wont.