On January 8th, AMD officially launched the Ryzen 8000 series APU processors. From the available information, the CPU and GPU performances are robust, making these processors a worthwhile investment. They have recently entered the market, but third-party performance reviews are not yet available, so we must wait.
However, this article focuses on the next-generation Zen 5 architecture processors rather than the Ryzen 8000 series APU processors. There have been many rumors about this in recent months, but most lacked substantiation. To avoid misleading readers, the author hasn’t written about this topic until now.
Given the author’s decision to write about this now, there must be more reliable evidence. So, what is the basis and source of the author’s information?
The source is the AMD 2023 Q4 earnings call held on January 30th, U.S. time, where AMD’s CEO, Ms. Lisa Su, disclosed some of AMD’s product plans and roadmap for 2024. This information is credible.
Reports suggest that AMD will release the next-generation Zen 5 architecture processors in the second half of 2024. These include the Granite Ridge series for desktops, the Strix Point series for laptops, and a product line for servers.
For laptop processors, AMD will launch the next-generation Ryzen 8040 Hawk Point series, also known as the “Strix Point” series, in the second half of 2024. This series will use the Zen 5 core architecture and a GPU based on the RDNA 3.5 architecture. The AI performance is expected to triple.
AMD anticipates that the first laptops equipped with the next-generation APU processors will be available later this year.
For the desktop Granite Ridge series processors, rumors are more explosive. There were rumors that the series had begun mass production, but AMD has not confirmed this.
The Granite Ridge series processors are expected to have the following improvements:
- Enhanced processor’s IPC performance, with an expected increase in single-core performance.
- Increased number of cores and threads of the processor.
- Improved processor’s energy efficiency ratio, i.e., performance per watt.
- Support for higher memory running frequencies.
- Increased processor cache capacity, including the cache capacity of the 3D-Vache version processors.
- Enhanced performance of the integrated GPU.
- Support for the latest third-party interfaces and technologies, such as USB 4.0 and WIFI7.
Please note: Not all of this information comes from Ms. Lisa Su; some of it is from third parties and is for reference only.
Another important rumor is that the Granite Ridge series processors will be cheaper than the existing Ryzen 7000 series, but there is currently no basis for this rumor.
Overall, both Intel and AMD are significantly increasing AI performance in processors. The next-generation processors from both companies will be released in the second half of this year. As both will be more mature iterations of their products, the competition in the consumer market is expected to be fierce in the latter half of the year.
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