Friday, April 24th 2020
AMD "Renoir" Successor is "Cézanne," Powered by "Zen 3" and RDNA2
AMD's 7 nm "Renoir" silicon breathed life into the notebook processor market, by bringing 8-core/16-thread CPU performance into segments Intel reserved for 4-core/8-thread; and beat Intel in the iGPU performance front. 7 nm brought performance-Watt uplifts that spell serious competition for Intel across all notebook form factors, be it 15 W or 45 W. According to _rogame, who has a knack of getting far-out hardware rumors right, AMD has its successor on the drawing-board, and it's codenamed "Cézanne," after the French post-impressionist painter Paul Cézanne.
"Cézanne" could prove vital for AMD's foothold in the premium mobile computing segments as Intel is preparing to launch its 10 nm+ "Tiger Lake" processor soon, with advanced "Willow Cove" CPU cores, and Xe based integrated graphics. AMD plans to tap into its very latest IP. Although its core-count is not known, "Cézanne" will feature CPU cores based on the latest "Zen 3" microarchitecture. The iGPU will receive its biggest performance uplift in 3 generations, with an iGPU based on the cutting-edge RDNA2 graphics architecture that meets DirectX 12 Ultimate logo requirements.
AMD is tapping into a refined 7 nm-class node by TSMC - either N7P or N7+ - for its "Zen 3" and RDNA2 architectures, so it's likely that Cézanne will be based on the same node as the CCDs on "Vermeer." AMD will create 15 W and 45 W product lines based on "Cézanne," so it can fight "Tiger Lake" on both segments. There's no word on launch date, but with Intel planning to debut "Tiger Lake" in mid-2020, and AMD planning to debut "Zen 3" in the 2H-2020, a 2020-21 launch window seems probable.
Source:
_rogame (Twitter)
"Cézanne" could prove vital for AMD's foothold in the premium mobile computing segments as Intel is preparing to launch its 10 nm+ "Tiger Lake" processor soon, with advanced "Willow Cove" CPU cores, and Xe based integrated graphics. AMD plans to tap into its very latest IP. Although its core-count is not known, "Cézanne" will feature CPU cores based on the latest "Zen 3" microarchitecture. The iGPU will receive its biggest performance uplift in 3 generations, with an iGPU based on the cutting-edge RDNA2 graphics architecture that meets DirectX 12 Ultimate logo requirements.
34 Comments on AMD "Renoir" Successor is "Cézanne," Powered by "Zen 3" and RDNA2
You better be running a few benchmarks for us ;)
next.lab501.ro/notebook/amd-ryzen-4000-mobile-part-ii-lenovo-ideapad-5-amd-ryzen-5-4500u-amd-ryzen-7-4700u
The review is lacking in terms of 3D benchmarks though.
It's weird the RAM isn't upgradable, since it's normal DDR4.
At least Lenovo added the extension bracket so the SSD can be upgraded to a 2280 drive, as their default Toshiba drive is a bit meh, although a lot better than the previous generation.
It's that kind of marketing wank that's annoying.
Next to that... It's interesting to see it'll be monolithic and the APU is getting RTRT and the AI processing stuff.
Anyway, I feel H series are generally paired with dGPUs because they are targeted at people looking for a high performance laptop, whether for work or for gaming. And because of the TDP, they usually come with a beefier chassis and cooling solution which is really convenient to just slap in a dedicated card.
I know it's an all-plastic budget build but even at the low end, I'm curious to see if they're really Renoir*, and if so whether we can get any 3D benches run :D
* - at CES this year most of the 4000 U-series laptops were actually just running 3000U chips as placeholders. I'm hoping that's not what's happening here and that this is the start of real retail availability of what was launched Jan 6th.
www.notebookcheck.net/HP-ProBook-445-G7-and-455-G7-with-up-to-Ryzen-7-4700U-and-16-GB-of-RAM-are-now-available-to-order-for-under-US-850-00.463201.0.html
www.anandtech.com/show/15762/the-acer-swift-3-sf314-review-swift-gets-swifter-with-ryzen-4000