
It is useful to imagine these three thresholds (“platform limits”) as a triangle, shown below, where the labeled corners are something like the RPM redline on your car. If the sensors detect that the CPU isn’t close to one of these limits, Precision Boost 2 sees opportunity to raise clockspeeds on as many cores as it can.

These sensors measure and react in a very fast loop: up to 1000 times per second. Step 1: What Controls BoostĪll 2nd Gen AMD Ryzen Processors use Precision Boost 2, which intelligently leverages a large network of sensors built into the CPU to determine whether it’s okay to boost.


But how does PBO work? Let’s find out in three easy steps.
