Two new ones complete the (rich) ranges of processors AMD. Two variations of APUs recently tested on Clubic.
A few weeks ago, AMD launched the Ryzen 8000G. Excellent chips whose integrated graphics solution is able to compete with some (the most modest) dedicated graphics cards.
More surprisingly, AMD immediately announced the release of the Ryzen 8000F, castrated versions of these 8000G: their graphics solution was deactivated, clearly reducing the interest in such chips.
A worldwide release “in boxes”
First announced for the Chinese market only, these Ryzen 7 8700F and Ryzen 5 8400F chips – the two versions currently put forward by AMD – should ultimately reach more people.
Quoted by our colleagues from VideoCardz, it is Hoang Anh Phu who, on X.com, confirms the thing without giving a precise timetable. The indicator simply states that the 8700F and 8400F “ will soon be widely available at retail “.
Hoang Anh Phu completes his message by indicating the references of the two models (100-100001590BOX and 100-100001591BOX) with an ending in “BOX” which leaves little room for doubt.
The question remains of AMD’s objective with such releases. Indeed, as we said in the introduction, the advantage of the Ryzen 8000G is to have a powerful integrated graphics solution.
No GPU, no NPU
For these Ryzen 8000Fs, AMD has deactivated the integrated graphics solution, probably due to defective cores. We can logically say that it is then a question of taking advantage of the XDNA cores which constitute the NPU part of these chips and which AMD has connected to Ryzen AI to boost artificial intelligence?
Well no, since these XDNA cores are also disabled on the Ryzen 8000F which only have Zen 4 cores (8 in the case of the 8700F and 6 in the case of the 8400F). So the 8000F are just “beast” CPUs intended to complete AMD’s ranges?
In reality, AMD’s ranges are quite complete as it is and the release of two “new” CPUs which do not bring anything new will muddy the waters a little more. AMD already has to deal with dozens of references. No, the only reason these chips exist seems to be “not to waste”.
AMD – like Intel – is accustomed to this: it involves reusing chips that could not be validated for other uses. After all, the 6 or 8 cores of the Ryzen 8400F/8700F are sufficient for many uses.
Source : VideoCardz
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