AMD released the latest Stepping B2 version of their Ryzen 5000 CPUs, including manufacturing advancements garnered during the last few months, resulting in more efficient work, lower consumption, and thus lower temperatures.

According to overclocker Shamino's tests, these new CPUs have comparable overclocking capabilities to the Stepping B0, reaching 5.15GHz, but has 30W lower power consumption, allowing them to operate at a 9°C cooler temperature. Shamino also observed enhancements to the memory controller, allowing for the stable usage of 4100MHz memories, something that previously required numerous manual tweaks to work on CPUs with Stepping B0, indicating that these CPUs have several upgrades.

At the moment, AMD is manufacturing all CPUs under Stepping B2, but they have not yet been distributed to all retailers, thus purchasing a new Ryzen 5000 does not guarantee that it will have this updated Stepping. If you purchase one, you will receive all of these benefits, thus you may want to wait a few weeks before purchasing a CPU with this new Stepping.

Ryzen 5000 B2 stepping has lower consumption and lower temperatures