Chipset maker AMD’s latest CPUs built on the Zen 2 architecture are ticking a lot of the right boxes, and now the company appears prepared to give its higher-end models a boost.
A graphics drawing shared on Twitter from @Komachi_Ensaka appears as Ryzen 9 APU (CPUs paired with GPU cores on the same chip). However, rumors and leaks suggest a listing of products from AMD, and next to each processor name, there’s a designation that appears to indicate graphics cores.
In the case of four Ryzen 9 processors, there appear to be 12 graphical compute units. These are 45W Ryzen 9 and 15W Ryzen 9 Pro models, making them appear to be likely contenders for high-performance mobile computers.
As APUs, they would be ahead of standard CPUs in the naming scheme, thus appearing as Ryzen 4000-series products while still using the Zen 2 architecture found in Ryzen 3000-series CPUs. A few powerful Ryzen 9 APUs to feature in mobile devices could further boost AMD’s surging strength and push it even further in mobile.
The new Ryzen 9 APUs would benefit from the increased efficiency and clockspeeds available thanks to their 7nm design, and therefore get even more from the integrated Vega graphics compute units.
As Intel’s Ice Lake processors push performance and efficiency ahead for Team Blue, and Tiger Lake could take it further, new Ryzen APUs could help AMD stand out as an all-in-one powerful resolution.
(With input from agencies)