AMD is preparing two new Ryzen 8000 APUs for the AM5 platform which include the Ryzen 7 8700F & the Ryzen 5 8400F.
AMD Ryzen 7 8700F & Ryzen 5 8500F Desktop APUs Coming To AM5 Desktop Platform Minus The iGPU
The new AMD Ryzen 8000 APUs were revealed during the AI PC Summit event in China where the company presented its full lineup of mainstream and budget-oriented desktop CPU options. The CPUs portfolio covers the older AM4 parts such as Ryzen 3000, Ryzen 5000XT & the Ryzen 5000GT chips including the newer Ryzen 8000 APU family. Do note that AMD also confirmed its RDNA 3+ GPU architecture during the same event that we talked about over here.
The new products listed include the Ryzen 7 8700F and the Ryzen 5 8400F. Based on what we know about the "F" SKUs, both AMD & Intel use it similarly for SKUs that have their iGPUs disabled. The red team recently introduced its Ryzen 5 7500F CPU which lacked the RDNA 2 iGPU which is utilized by the rest of the Ryzen 7000 chips.
Based on that, we can expect the AMD Ryzen 7 8700F and the Ryzen 5 8400F to feature an iGPU-less design though they would still carry the same monolithic Zen 4 architecture as found on the Hawk Point (AM5) desktop APUs. In terms of specifications, the Ryzen 7 8700F can be very close to the Ryzen 7 8700G, featuring 8 cores, 16 threads, 16 MB of L3 cache, and a TDP of 65W whereas the Ryzen 5 8400F can be similar to the Ryzen 5 8500G with 6 cores, 12 threads, 16 MB of L3 cache.
It is possible that AMD might stick with 6 cores and 6 threads for its Ryzen 5 8400F to make it an even more competitive budget product since they have done that in the past too but is the more unlikely option of the two configurations. Clock speeds will only be determined once AMD reveals these SKUs fully and it also looks like that these two SKUs might be limited to just China (APAC) for now with global availability in the future (possibly).
AMD Ryzen 8000G Desktop APUs:
| APU Name | Architecture | Core / Threads | Clocks (Base / Max) | L3 Cache | GPU | TDP | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryzen 7 8700G (PRO) | Zen 4 / RDNA 3 (Phoenix 1) | 8 / 16 | 4.20 / 5.10 GHz | 16 MB | Radeon 780M (12 CU) | 65W | $329 US |
| Ryzen 7 8700F | Zen 4 | 8 / 16 | 4.10 / 5.05 GHz | 16 MB | N/A | 65W | $269 US |
| Ryzen 5 8600G (PRO) | Zen 4 / RDNA 3 (Phoenix 1) | 6 / 12 | 4.35 / 5.00 GHz | 16 MB | Radeon 760M (8 CU) | 65W | $229 US |
| Ryzen 5 8500G (PRO) | Zen 4 / RDNA 3 (Phoenix 2) | 6 / 12 (4 Zen4C + 2 Zen 4) | 3.55 / 5.00 GHz | 16 MB | Radeon 740M (4 CU) | 65W | $179 US |
| Ryzen 5 8400F | Zen 4 | 6 / 12 (4 Zen4C + 2 Zen 4) | 4.20 / 4.75 GHz | 16 MB | N/A | 65W | $169 US |
| Ryzen 3 8300G (PRO) | Zen 4 / RDNA 3 (Phoenix 2) | 4 / 8 (3 Zen 4C + 1 Zen 4) | 3.45 / 4.90 GHz | 8 MB | Radeon 740M (4 CU) | 65W | OEM Only |
| Ryzen 7 8700GE PRO | Zen 4 / RDNA 3 (Phoenix 1) | 8 / 16 | 3.65 / 5.10 GHz | 16 MB | Radeon 780M (12 CU) | 35W | OEM Only |
| Ryzen 5 8600GE PRO | Zen 4 / RDNA 3 (Phoenix 1) | 6 / 12 | 3.90 / 5.00 GHz | 16 MB | Radeon 760M (8 CU) | 35W | OEM Only |
| Ryzen 5 8500GE (PRO) | Zen 4 / RDNA 3 (Phoenix 2) | 6 / 12 (4 Zen4C + 2 Zen 4) | 3.40 / 5.00 GHz | 16 MB | Radeon 740M (4 CU) | 35W | OEM Only |
| Ryzen 3 8300GE (PRO) | Zen 4 / RDNA 3 (Phoenix 2) | 4 / 8 (3 Zen 4C + 1 Zen 4) | 3.50 / 4.90 GHz | 8 MB | Radeon 740M (4 CU) | 35W | OEM Only |
News Source: HXL (@9550pro)
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