CES 2023 AMD prepared many new products, including the release of Ryzen 7000X3D desktop, Ryzen 7000 65W processor upgrade and AMD Ryzen 7045/7040 next-generation notebook processor, as well as Radoen 7600M notebook GPU upgrade XT / 7700S together, which means that AA laptops will once again receive a performance upgrade this year.
First of all it’s hard to remember AMD Ryzen notebook product namingThe next generation Zen 4 architecture products are the Ryzen 7045 “Dragon Range” and 7040 “Phoenix” series, while the 7035, 7030 and 7020 are upgraded versions of the previous generation Zen 3 and Zen 2 architectures.
Therefore, the key point is that Ryzen 7045 “Dragon Range” is a high performance HX 55W+ series, stocked for extreme games and creative laptops; while the Ryzen 7040 “Phoenix” series is a mainstream performance processor with HS 35-45W thin and light commercial processor and U 15-28W.
This table is relatively clear that Ryzen 7045 “Dragon Range” is a Zen 4 architecture, 5nm process processor and has a high specification up to 16C32T and only supports DDR5 memory.
The Ryzen 7040 “Phoenix” also has the same Zen 4 architecture but uses a 4nm process and a maximum specification of 8C16T, but has more 12 x RDNA 3 internal display cores and supports DDR5 / LPDDR5 and other options, and also has AI Engine.
To put it simply, it can be said from the suffix model number, for example, the HX 55W series belongs to the extreme performance, providing the maximum performance required for flagship gaming notebooks and creative notebooks, and only Ryzen 7045 “Dragon Range” products.
The mainstream performance HS 35-45W series includes the Ryzen 7040 “Phoenix” and 7035 “Rembrandt-R” (updated) of the previous generation architecture. As for the U 15-28W series, it is more complicated from thin and light commercial products to entry-level documents. There are 7040 “Phoenix” new architecture and the previous generation 7035 “Rembrandt-R”, 7030 “Barcelo-R” and 7020 “Mendocino” and other products.
First of all, Ryzen 7045 “Dragon Range” adopts Zen 4 architecture, 5nm process, high specification up to 16C32T, 5.4GHz Boost and 80MB cache.
The Ryzen 7045 series includes:
- 7945HX 16C32T、5.4GHz Boost、80MB Cache
- 7845HX 12C24T、5.2GHz Boost、76MB Cache
- 7745HX 8C16T、5.1GHz Boost、40MB Cache
- 7645HX 6C12T、5.0GHz Boost、38MB Cache
Naturally, the first new models will include Lenovo Legion, ROG Strix, Alienware m16 and m18, which are expected to launch in February 2023.
In terms of performance, compared to the previous generation 6900HX, Ryzen 7945HX has 78% multi-core and 18% single-thread performance improvement. In terms of games, Ryzen 7945HX can have a 29%-62% improvement in gaming performance.
Then AMD introduced the XDNA Adaptive AI Architecture, which can accelerate the data flow operation of neural network operations.
At the same time, AMD announced that the first x86 processor integrates the Ryzen AI engine function, which can provide real-time multitasking of 4 AI streams simultaneously, and can have a 35% increase in AI speed response.
Through Ryzen AI hardware acceleration, you can enjoy better battery life (when using AI applications), faster response and low latency; and AMD also promises to continue to develop software and hardware, so that Ryzen AI can work together, games, security and predictive UI and other applications have better performance.
A suddenly erupted Ryzen AI may still not understand the actual application, but AMD Ryzen 7040 laptop processor is the first processor equipped with Ryzen AI function, including Zen 4 architecture, RDNA 3 graphics core, XDNA engine AI and adopts more advanced 4nm process.
The Ryzen 7040 series includes:
- 7940HS 8C16T、5.2GHz Boost、40MB Cache
- 7840HS 8C16T、5.1GHz Boost、40MB Cache
- 7640HS 6C12T、5.0GHz Boost、38MB Cache
This series of processors has a TDP of 35-45W and all of them have Ryzen AI functions and is expected to be officially launched in March this year.
As for the Ryzen 7035, 7030 and Pro series with the updated architecture of the previous generation, they are updated, allowing notebook manufacturers to have more flexibility in matching specifications.
Notebook GPU launched AMD Radeon RX 7600M series, including RX 7600M XT and RX 7600M, which adopt RDNA 3 architecture and have AV1.
The RX 7600M XT can meet the performance requirements of 1080p games and is better than the performance of the previous generation RX 6600M. And it is more powerful than RTX 3060 desktop graphics card.
There are also Radeon RX 7000S series for slim gaming laptops, including RX 7700S and RX 7600S, independent GPUs with relatively lower power consumption requirements. And still can meet the 1080p game performance.
The main specifications of this notebook GPU upgrade can be referred to the table below: RX 7600M XT requires 75-120W power consumption, RDNA 3 32 CU architecture, 2048 rendering cores, 8GB GDDR6 + 32MB Infinity Cache specifications .
As for the RX 7600M, it only requires 50-90W power consumption, RDNA 3 28 CU architecture, 1792 rendering cores, 8GB GDDR6 + 32MB Infinity Cache specs. The RX 7700S is a version of the RX 7600M XT with the same specifications but lower power consumption, and the RX 7600S has the same specifications as the RX 7600M, but requires lower power consumption.
In the future, the Alienware M18 and M16 ㄅ chair pads are expected to upgrade the specifications of Ryzen 7000 and Radeon RX 7000.
ASUS TUF GAMING A16 is an AMD Advantage notebook which also adopts the specifications of Ryzen 7000 and Radeon RX 7000S.
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