Enthusiasts are eagerly awaiting AMD Ryzen 4000 processors, and Team Red just announced a new Ryzen 4000G lineup, but it's limited to pre-built desktops. That's right: Today's announcement is limited to OEMs, which means you can't just grab one of these processors off a store shelf and slap it on your own motherboard. Instead, these chips are aimed at the casual home user, rather than the hobbyist. However, according to AMD, far more people buy a pre-built system than theirs, so it's not too surprising. If you think about the all-in-one PC on display at Best Buy, where its user is more likely to just check their emails and maybe make a personal movie instead of playing the best PC games, that decision holds a lot. without sense. This new AMD Ryzen 4000G line consists of three main chips and three low-power versions of the same chips. We've gone ahead and listed the processors, along with the key specs below:
- AMD Ryzen 7 4700G - 8 cores, 16 threads | up to 4.4GHz | GPU 2100 MHz clock | 65W
- AMD Ryzen 7 4700GE - 8 cores, 16 threads | up to 4.2GHz | 2000 MHz GPU clock | 35W
- AMD Ryzen 5 4600G - 6 cores, 12 threads | up to 4.2GHz | 1900 MHz GPU Clock | 65W
- AMD Ryzen 5 4600GE - 6 cores, 12 threads | 4.2GHz Boost | 1900 MHz GPU Clock | 35W
- AMD Ryzen 3 4300G - 4 cores, 8 threads | up to 4.0GHz | GPU clock 1700 MHz | 65W
- AMD Ryzen 3 4300GE - 4 cores, 8 threads | up to 4.0GHz | GPU clock 1700 MHz | 35W
This new range largely follows in the footsteps of the AMD Ryzen 3000G range, which is based on the 12nm Zen+ architecture. The main difference here, though, is the addition of a Ryzen 7 part. Along with integrated graphics that AMD claims are up to 240% faster than the Intel UHD graphics in the Intel Core i7-9700, the desktops Prebuilt apps are about to get a lot more powerful.
To GE or not to GE
AMD hasn't dove too deep into low-power GE processors, as they're pretty similar to their 65W brethren. The main difference beyond TDP is the clock speed of the processor and processor cores. GPU Basically, the G stands for graphics and the E stands for efficiency. However, the difference in graphics speeds isn't too drastic: we're talking a lousy 100 MHz difference in both CPU boost clocks and graphics frequencies on the AMD Ryzen 7 4700G and Ryzen 7. 4700GE, respectively. However, the base clock sees a more significant drop to 3.1 GHz on the 4700GE compared to 3.6 GHz on the 4700G. A 500 MHz difference equates to a change of about 13%, despite the fact that AMD Ryzen processors almost never run at base clock unless cooling occurs. However, the main difference in performance will likely be most noticeable somewhere in the middle. Essentially, the way AMD Zen 2 processors work in simple terms is that at all times your motherboard will assign a clock speed to the processor based on a balance between temperature, system load, and power consumption. Current. With a lower TDP, the power consumption limits will be lower, which means that a 35W chip won't boost as much or more than a 65W chip, even if everything else is. identical. This means the cooling requirements are much less stringent, and we think many of these GE parts will show up in small form factor machines, like the Intel NUC 9 Extreme or similarly sized home theater systems. Basically, with these new Ryzen 4000G processors, AMD has full-size pre-built towers and small multimedia PCs covered. AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8 cores, ... AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6 cores, ... AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6 cores, ...