Colorful Says Its X3D AI Turbo Can Lift Ryzen X3D Gaming FPS by About 8%, with Bigger 1% Lows Gains on Select CVN ARK Boards
Colorful is jumping into the growing trend of motherboard level one click performance presets for AMD Ryzen X3D CPUs, claiming a measurable uplift in real world gaming FPS through a new BIOS feature called X3D AI High Frame Mode, also referred to as X3D AI Turbo. The announcement was shared via IT Home, positioning the feature as an easy path for Ryzen X3D owners who want extra frames without spending hours tuning Precision Boost Overdrive settings manually.
The core pitch is straightforward: X3D AI Turbo applies a preset mix of PBO behavior and frequency tuning profiles tailored for Ryzen X3D parts, with an Auto Select process that evaluates the CPU and chooses an appropriate performance profile. This approach closely mirrors the playbook we have seen from other vendors that are trying to extract additional gaming headroom from X3D chips through BIOS level automation, especially as Ryzen X3D continues to define the high end gaming CPU conversation.
Colorful says the feature is currently limited to 2 CPUs, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D and Ryzen 7 9850X3D, and is not broadly enabled for non X3D AM5 chips at this time. That focus is important because X3D parts have a very particular thermal and voltage behavior due to the stacked cache, and vendors tend to be conservative about pushing aggressive presets across a wide compatibility matrix.
In Colorful’s own internal testing shared in the report, the company claims X3D AI Turbo delivered an 8.3% increase in average FPS in Valorant when paired with a Ryzen 7 9850X3D and a GeForce RTX 5070 Ti, while 1% low FPS improved by 16.4%. Those are meaningful deltas on paper, especially for competitive shooters where 1% lows can influence perceived smoothness, aim consistency, and overall input feel. At the same time, the company acknowledges the practical reality: performance gains will vary heavily by game, settings, and the rest of the system configuration, so buyers should treat the headline numbers as best case indicators rather than a universal guarantee.
Right now, Colorful says X3D AI Turbo support is limited to 2 motherboards in its CVN ARK lineup: CVN B850M ARK Frozen and CVN X870E ARK Frozen. That limited rollout suggests Colorful is keeping scope tight, likely to control variables like VRM behavior, BIOS validation workload, and support burden before expanding the feature to a broader set of boards.
The bigger industry angle is that motherboard vendors are increasingly competing on gamer friendly automation, not just raw hardware. With memory pricing volatility and GPU availability keeping total build costs high, features that deliver even single digit performance gains at no additional hardware cost are becoming a practical value proposition. For Ryzen X3D owners, especially those already on a stable 9800X3D platform, BIOS level turbo toggles like this are aimed at extending the life and competitiveness of an existing rig.
Would you enable an AI tuned BIOS performance mode like X3D AI Turbo for an 8% uplift, or do you prefer manual tuning and stability first?
