so, i have a ryzen 5 1600 and since i basically game for 99% of the time i get to use my pc (well that and netflix) i decided to play with the SMT setting a bit to see how much fps i actually gain in games, plus if i can push my oc slightly higher.
so i disabled SMT, kept the same settings exactly as they were (same vcore ,soc etc) .
to my surprise, even though i read everywhere that temps with SMT OFF should be lower, they were actually higher, and not just that, they rose much quicker (time wise). They ended up being around 4-5 C higher than with smt enabled. both the cpu and the mobo temp sensor showed higher temps that rose quicker. this happens every time i disable smt, and goes back to normal when i enable it. That was with 3.9 as well as 3.95 GHZ. I tested it several times, everything is the same, including ambient temp. The only variable that was manipulated was the smt.
anyone care to explain? thanks.
Anyone ? Would really appreciate any input, asked it in several places and for some reasons no one has an answer. It really seems like something is off with temp sensing when disabling smt.