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AMD Launches Ryzen 7045HX Series 16-core "Dragon Range" Enthusiast Mobile Processors

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AMD today solved the biggest challenge affecting its mobile processor family against Intel—CPU core-counts in the high-end HX-segment, with the introduction of the new Ryzen 7045HX series "Dragon Range" mobile processors. Based on the "Zen 4" microarchitecture, these processors offer core-counts of up to 16-core/32-thread, and target enthusiast gaming notebooks and mobile workstations. The processors debut the new "Dragon Range" multi-chip module (MCM). This is essentially a non-socketed version of the desktop "Raphael" MCM built in a mobile-friendly BGA package with a thin substrate and no IHS, with up to two 5 nm "Zen 4" 8-core CCDs, and a 6 nm cIOD (client I/O die).

The "Dragon Range" MCM uses the same chiplets as desktop "Raphael" Ryzen 7000 processors, and so its I/O is similar. The cIOD puts out a dual-channel (4 sub-channel) DDR5 memory interface, and a PCI-Express 5.0 x16 interface for discrete graphics, along with two PCI-Express 5.0 x4 links for up to two Gen 5 NVMe SSDs. The platform core-logic (chipset) is functionally similar to the desktop AMD B650E. All processor models in the series come with a TDP of 45 W, and a package power tracking (PPT) of "at least" 75 W. Each "Zen 4" CPU core comes with 1 MB of dedicated L2 cache, and each CCD has 32 MB of L3 cache.



AMD is launching the Ryzen 7045HX "Dragon Range" series with four processor models—the 16-core/32-thread Ryzen 9 7945HX leads the pack, followed by the 12-core/24-thread Ryzen 9 7845HX. These two dual-CCD models are followed by single-CCD ones, the 8-core/16-thread Ryzen 7 7745HX, and the 6-core/12-thread Ryzen 5 7645HX. The Ryzen 9 7945HX is clocked at 2.50 GHz base, with a maximum boost frequency of 5.40 GHz. The 7845HX has a 3.00 GHz base frequency, boosting up to 5.20 GHz. The 7745HX ticks at 3.60 GHz base, boosting up to 5.10 GHz. The 7645HX has the highest base frequency at 4.00 GHz, but boosts only up to 5.00 GHz.

Compared to AMD's previous mobile flagship part, the Ryzen 9 6900HX "Rembrandt," the Ryzen 9 7945HX offers an 18% increase in single-threaded performance on virtue of the increased IPC of "Zen 4" over "Zen 3+." With multi-threaded performance, the processor offers a 78% performance gain based on its doubled core-count. The multi-threaded performance scaling may seem low, but this is probably because the processor only has 75 W-ish at its disposal to power 16 cores. Compared to the Intel Core i9-12900HX "Alder Lake" processor, the 7945HX offers anywhere between 24% to 169% higher multi-threaded performance in the handful tests AMD showed. These would make the 7945HX perform in the league of the Core i9-13980HX.


The first gaming notebooks powered by the Ryzen 7045HX "Dragon Range" processors should start shipping in February 2023. Among the confirmed design-wins are Dell's Alienware m16 and m18; an ASUS ROG Strix product, and a Lenovo Legion product.

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45W-75W is pefect for laptops, I hope these end up kicking intels ass on battery life


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availability is going to be a big question.
Damn straight.

The lack of Ryzen 6000-series at retail, even now, is enough that I've given up looking for one.
So many "new" laptops from big vendors like Acer/Asus/Lenovo are still Ryzen 5000.

I'm waiting for the APU U-series with integrated RDNA3 graphics at sub-35W. Even then, it's unlikely many will make it to store shelves before 2024. I think there are a total of 3 6800U laptop design wins 7-8 months after launch and one of those isn't even available in my region, the other two are lumbered with pitiful cooling and caveats (either 2-in-1 form factor, or an OLED screen that needlessly adds 30% to the price when IPS would be a better option for the intended use case).
 
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Damn straight.

The lack of Ryzen 6000-series at retail, even now, is enough that I've given up looking for one.
So many "new" laptops from big vendors like Acer/Asus/Lenovo are still Ryzen 5000.

I'm waiting for the APU U-series with integrated RDNA3 graphics at sub-35W. Even then, it's unlikely many will make it to store shelves before 2024. I think there are a total of 3 6800U laptop design wins 7-8 months after launch and one of those isn't even available in my region, the other two are lumbered with pitiful cooling and caveats (either 2-in-1 form factor, or an OLED screen that needlessly adds 30% to the price when IPS would be a better option for the intended use case).
Same, but on my wishlist is a laptop with a 7840h to replace my old mechrevio with its 4800h and 99wh battery.
 
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The article mentions PCIe 5.0 for Dragon Range, while the slides- 4.0. Also- not sure why connectivity is compared to 650E chipset; I think X600 should be used as 'comparisson', that is- no chipset, only APU SoC.
 

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These look pretty damn interesting

The article mentions PCIe 5.0 for Dragon Range, while the slides- 4.0. Also- not sure why connectivity is compared to 650E chipset; I think X600 should be used as 'comparisson', that is- no chipset, only APU SoC.
PCI-E 5.0 will be reserved for the GPU and one NVME slot with PCI-E 4.0 for the rest of the laptop for expansion devices, like high speed wifi and ethernet
 
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