AMD Announces New Radeon GPUs, Ryzen CPUs, and More during 2022 Product Premiere Event

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AMD announced over 30 new Radeon and Ryzen products during today’s 2022 Product Premiere event, which included appearances by CEO Dr. Lisa Su and other key executives. Per AMD:

  • 20 new AMD Ryzen 6000 Series processors with the most powerful on-chip graphics available for notebook PCs.
  • Three new AMD Radeon RX 6000S Series GPUs optimized for thin-and-light gaming laptops.
  • Five new AMD Radeon RX 6000M Series GPUs for premium gaming laptops.
  • The new Radeon RX 6500 XT and Radeon RX 6400 desktop graphics cards for incredible 1080p gaming.
  • Updated AMD smart technologies designed to boost performance and extend battery life on AMD Advantage laptops.
  • The forthcoming AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition application featuring the new AMD Radeon Super Resolution (RSR) driver-based spatial upscaling technology.

AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT and Radeon RX 6400

Featuring a 6-nanometer GPU, the AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT graphics card will be available beginning on January 19 at an MSRP of $199. The Radeon RX 6400, on the other hand, is exclusive to OEMs. Their specifications are below.

AMD Ryzen 6000 Series Processors  

Built using TSMC’s 6-nanometer process, AMD’s Ryzen 6000 Series processors for laptops feature the Zen 3+ core architecture and RDNA 2 graphics. They are built on a new platform that adds the following features.

  • Advanced DDR5 memory for faster mobile computing.
  • Upgraded peripherals support with PCIe 4.0 and USB4.
  • AI noise cancellation to filter background noise.10
  • Powerful Wi-Fi 6E solutions from relationships with Qualcomm and MediaTek.
ModelCores/ThreadsBoost FrequencyCacheTDP
AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX8C/16TUp to 5.0GHz20MB45W+
AMD Ryzen 9 6980HS8C/16TUp to 5.0GHz20MB35W
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX8C/16TUp to 4.9GHz20MB45W+
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS8C/16TUp to 4.9GHz20MB35W
AMD Ryzen 7 6800H8C/16TUp to 4.7GHz20MB45W
AMD Ryzen 7 6800HS8C/16TUp to 4.7GHz20MB 35W
AMD Ryzen 5 6600H6C/12TUp to 4.5GHz19MB45W
AMD Ryzen 5 6600HS6C/12TUp to 4.5GHz19MB35W
AMD Ryzen 7 6800U8C/16TUp to 4.7GHz20MB15-28W
AMD Ryzen 5 6600U6C/12TUp to 4.5GHz19MB15-28W
AMD Ryzen 7 5825U8C/16TUp to 4.5GHz20MB15W
AMD Ryzen 5 5625U6C/12TUp to 4.3GHz19MB15W
AMD Ryzen 3 5425U4C/8TUp to 4.1GHz10MB15W

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D with 3D V-Cache Technology

AMD’s first Ryzen processor utilizing its new 3D V-Cache Technology for greater performance is the Ryzen 7 5800X3D, a chip with 8 cores, 16 threads, a boost frequency of up to 4.5 GHz, a total cache (L2+L3) of 100 MB, and TDP of 105 watts. It will be available in Spring 2022.

Check out the video below for the rest of AMD’s exciting announcements, which includes a teaser for its Zen 4-based Ryzen 7000 Series processors and new AM5 socket. AMD says that the first of these will be available in the second half of 2022.

Source: AMD

Tsing Mui
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