Overclocking The Ryzen 5 2400G CPU

Overclocking

Overclocking and tweaking then. Always invest in good hardware by the way (MOBO/PSU/Memory/Cooling), the cheaper motherboards often are not well tuned for enthusiast overclocking. Also get yourself a good power supply and proper processor cooling. Overclocking with a more core processor (it doesn't matter if that is Intel or AMD) is far more difficult than you expect it to be.
  

For the Ryzen 5 2400G reference review we'll use nothing more than a stock cooler.

Overclocking multi-core on a high clock frequency is relatively okay to do job, and can be best managed from the BIOS. You can also use AMD's software tool of course.

We set up the APU at a fixed 3900 MHz on all cores and tweaked the GPU towards 1500 MHz.

The Rave Ridge 4-core parts with one CCX are not the best overclockers (at least not our samples). During our measurements, by trial and error we found that at 1.425~1.50 Volts you will end up at roughly 3.9 ~4.0 GHz. You could apply a fixed voltage, but we do recommend a voltage offset (start with +200Mv), or even better, leave voltage at auto and find your maximum multiplier. We did that with this particular MSI motherboard.

BIOS Overclocking

The Guru3D reader-base overclocks mostly from the BIOS to try and find the maximum stable limit. The generic overclock procedure for multiplier based overclocking is as follows:

• Leave base clock (bus) for what it is right now (100 MHz)
• Set the per core multiplier at a maximum of your liking:
• Example 1: 100MHz x 39 = 3900 MHz
• Example 2: 125MHz x 31 = 3875 MHz
• Increase CPU voltage; often the AUTO works fine on many motherboards you can do it manually as well. Start at 1.40 volts (or voltage offset (start with +200Mv)) and work your way upwards into a state of equilibrium in perf and cooling temps.
• Make sure your processor is properly cooled by adding voltage = more heat
• Save and Exit BIOS / uEFI
   

Here is an example of the Ryzen5 2400G at 3900 MHz @ all cores. Here the stock cooler seems to run fine in the ~75 Degrees C range overclocked.

We have been able to sustain 4.0 GHz on all cores, but with the stock cooler everything felt too marginal hence we settled at 3900 MHz all-cores. Memory wise we had 3200 MHz CL14 stable.

Results

Our default score was 206 second, the tweak now shaves off roughly 8 seconds of wPrime on a 1024M run. 

For CB15 we are at an 820 CB default, tweaked we reach 868 CB.

For Time Spy we are at a 6392 as default, tweaked we reach 6630 points (obviously with a dedicated graphics card). The default CPU score was 3828, which tweaked is 4449.

Power Consumption

Adding extra voltage to the CPU for the OC also has an adverse effect on the overall energy consumption. Below, the power consumption for the whole PC measured at the wall socket side. Dark black is overclocked.