Corsair Readies AMD "Rembrandt" Ryzen 6000H-powered Xenomorph Gaming Device

[btarunr]

Corsair is readying a gaming device it calls "Xenomorph." At this point we don't know its exact form-factor, but given its display resolution of 2560 x 1600 pixels, and the fact that desktop monitors with it are hard to come by; this is very likely a 16-inch gaming notebook with a 16:10 display with that resolution. A UserBenchmark submission sheds light on the hardware specs of the device, which includes an AMD Ryzen 6000 series "Rembrandt" mobile processor. Built on the 6 nm node, "Rembrandt" combines an 8-core/16-thread "Zen 3+" CPU with an iGPU based on the latest RDNA2 graphics architecture. The iGPU features 768 stream processors, full DirectX 12 Ultimate support, including ray tracing; and the ability to share rendering workloads with an RDNA2-based discrete GPU, such as the Radeon RX 6800M.

The name "Xenomorph" sparks a lot of speculation, mainly around the form-factor. Could this be a gaming notebook with a killer hardware feature such as an integrated touchscreen? Something with a foldable screen? A convertible that turns into a tablet? Another possibility is a device that looks otherworldly enough to be a tribute to HR Giger, the artist who created the Xenomorph alien. We don't know if Xenomorph is an internal codename, or an actual product name, as that might require some legal understanding with 20th Century Fox.



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[TheoneandonlyMrK]

With that name it better not look like a wrapped dell.

 

[Space Lynx]

anything 16.1" at 1080p looks just fine, not sure why these companies insist on high rez for small displays. you don't need more than 1080p until after around 21.5" form factor imo. i'd rather have higher frames at 1080p in this form factor.

 

[dj-electric]

I would really hope more companies could bank on mobile PCs. That resolution is somewhat of a turnoff for such device, so im guessing its not that

 

[windwhirl]

anything 16.1" at 1080p looks just fine, not sure why these companies insist on high rez for small displays. you don't need more than 1080p until after around 21.5" form factor imo. i'd rather have higher frames at 1080p in this form factor.

Yeh, 1080p is fine, and if it turns out to be a rather thin laptop, I'd say it's even recommended to avoid pushing the GPU too hard. Though, one interesting detail is that 2560x1600 at 16 inches gets pretty close to double the standard DPI used in Windows, 188 DPI compared to 96 DPI. So scaling shouldn't be too bad.

 

[Space Lynx]

Yeh, 1080p is fine, and if it turns out to be a rather thin laptop, I'd say it's even recommended to avoid pushing the GPU too hard. Though, one interesting detail is that 2560x1600 at 16 inches gets pretty close to double the standard DPI used in Windows, 188 DPI compared to 96 DPI. So scaling shouldn't be too bad.

i wonder if that means going to 1080p on that screen would look halfway decent too. usually when you downgrade from a native screen rez it makes everything look like **** might not be the case here for the same reason. hmm. interesting indeed. would be nice to have the best of both worlds.

 

[SL2]

I'm guessing a handheld device like the Steam deck. Dunno why Corsair would start selling laptops all of a sudden, they seem to aim for more unique prebuilt products.
One XPlayer have the same resolution on a 8.4" display, and even it's unnecessary, just remember what kind of resolutions we see on phones with even smaller displays.

I don't get why that exact resolution is the most popular with 13" laptops, as battery life is usually more important with smaller models.

A small desktop model would be appreciated, as Rembrandt won't come to AM4. All Corsair had to do was to hook it up with some old monitor to confuse everyone.

 

[persondb]

I'm guessing a handheld device like the Steam deck. Dunno why Corsair would start selling laptops all of a sudden, they seem to aim for more unique prebuilt products.
One XPlayer have the same resolution on a 8.4" display, and even it's unnecessary, just remember what kind of resolutions we see on phones with even smaller displays.

I don't get why that exact resolution is the most popular with 13" laptops, as battery life is usually more important with smaller models.
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A small desktop model would be appreciated, as Rembrandt won't come to AM4. All Corsair had to do was to hook it up with some old monitor to confuse everyone.

It's unlikely that it's a handheld as it is using standard DDR5. A handheld would certainly use LPDDR5 for battery reasons even if not for greater bandwidth.

 

[SL2]

It's unlikely that it's a handheld as it is using standard DDR5. A handheld would certainly use LPDDR5 for battery reasons even if not for greater bandwidth.

I don't see anything about that in the screenshots, do you? Also, this is from October, it may not be a final product.

 

[persondb]

I don't see anything about that in the screenshots, do you? Also, this is from October, it may not be a final product.

It was in the source article. The userbenchmark leak seems to have been removed though.

The processor leaked in Userbenchmark has a base clock of 3.9 GHz and a boost to 4.1 GHz. Finally it is listed with an FP7 socket, which would be the platform for the upcoming Rembrandt 6nm series in notebooks. The version here comes with a 16 GB DDR5 4800 Mbps memory in SODIMM format. From a performance point of view, it may seem anecdotal but the new APU is slightly below what the Ryzen 9 5900H is capable of. But we are obviously on a sample very early in commercial production.