Amd released the Q1 financial report of 2022 early this morning. While its revenue reached a record, it also announced the roadmap of consumer zen4. Unlike the previous desktop version + mobile version, this time it is actually three major consumer product lines. The mobile version of the Raptor 7000 will have a new version specializing in performance. In short, the desktop version code Raphael (Raphael) in the Ruilong 7000 series supports ddr5 memory and PCIe 5.0, with a power consumption of more than 65W.
There are two mobile versions. One is Phoenix Phoenix series, which has been exposed many times before. The successor of Ruilong 6000h / U series, with power consumption of 35 ~ 45W, supports lpddr5 and PCIe 5.0, and is oriented to light and thin books with a thickness of less than 20mm.
The difference is that this time there is also a mobile version code named dragon range, which is for game books with a thickness of more than 20mm
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For this reason, the specification of dragon range has been improved a lot, and the TDP power consumption has been increased to more than 55W +. It supports ddr5 memory, PCIe 5.0 and, of course, 5nm zen4 architecture.
Why did amd suddenly launch the Dragon range processor? There is not much official introduction to this, but from the perspective of Intel's 12th generation core, the latter has reached a new high in performance and core number, especially alder Lake HX series, which brings the desktop version of 16 cores to the notebook platform, 16 cores, 24 threads and 55W + power consumption.
Obviously, amd launched the Dragon range to compete with Intel on the high-performance Game Book CPU. In the past, this field was dominated by Intel, and AMD now has a positive opportunity on the 5nm zen4 node**
In addition to TDP power consumption, the detailed specifications of the Dragon range processor have not been released. Amd emphasizes that it will have three strongest games - the most CPU cores, the most CPU threads and the most cache.
Considering that the mobile version of generation 12 core can achieve 16 cores and 24 threads, and the next generation of generation 13 core will be upgraded to 24 cores and 32 threads, amd said that the maximum CPU core can not be lower than 16 cores, of course, it is worth looking forward to 24 cores and 48 threads, otherwise it is easy to lose advantage against generation 13 core. After all, Intel's energy-efficient core is too easy**
In addition to the leading CPU core and threads, amd also emphasized that the cache capacity of dragon range is also the largest. This hint can directly exclude 3D v-cache technology. Although it can easily increase 64MB to 128MB cache, it is still unlikely to be used in notebooks.
From AMD's point of view, the cache of dragon range should exceed that of the Ruilong APU. The latter needs to integrate the GPU unit, and the L3 cache is halved, while the Dragon range should be a full blood cache, because it should be directly from the desktop version of the Ruilong 7000, not the Ruilong APU**
To sum up, the Raptor 7000 code named dragon range should be a high-performance CPU based on the desktop version of zen4. The number of cores can reach 16 cores or even higher. The cache design will also be higher than the original mobile version of Raptor APU processor. The core display part will be castrated a lot than Phoenix series, but the CPU performance is more powerful. It is suitable for game books with high-end graphics cards.
In addition, amd also confirmed that the Ruilong 7000 code named dragon range will use the HX suffix in naming, that is to reposition the current customized HX. The HX series officially focuses on high performance, which is different from the U / h series.