From Tom's Hardware: Information that may provide a glimpse of AMD APUs-to-come has been shared by Twitter/X’s harukaze5719. The Korean PC enthusiast shared what looks like a shipping or stock manifest containing multiple laptops and desktops, featuring several yet-to-be-announced AMD Ryzen APUs. The desktop parts listed indicate that a Ryzen 7000G ‘Phoenix’ series is being prepared for AM5 desktops. Meanwhile, laptops with Ryzen 8040 ‘Hawk Point’ APUs have also been pushed from the shadows into the light.
Let us look at the implications of the possible desktop APU reveal first. The Ryzen 7000G series is expected to be based upon the ‘Phoenix’ APUs that have proved so popular in laptops and mini PCs, but packaged for AM5 desktops. Thus they will mix Zen 4 CPU cores and RDNA 3 graphics to deliver solutions for AM5 PC builders, DIYers, and upgraders.
The Ryzen 7500G and 7300G don't look very beefy though, with perhaps 6C/12T and 4C/8T, respectively. Worse is the rumor that these AM5 APUs will feature onboard GPUs with only 4CUs. As per the source, if this rumor plays out, and no stronger Ryzen 7000G processors emerge, it will be a disappointing range on the desktop – from an enthusiast's perspective.
Moving onto the laptop parts revealed, and what is expected to be codenamed the ‘Hawk Point’ series should deliver an evolutionary step from the current mobile ‘Phoenix’ series. The most significant difference that is expected in the 8040 family is a hybrid Zen 4 and Zen 4C configuration. Meanwhile, these 28W laptop parts may continue to use RDNA 3 graphics, or if we are lucky the GPU portion may be slightly updated to RDNA 3.5.
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