A year ago, at CES 2021, AMD introduced the third generation of APU for laptops. The Renoir family, based on the Zen 2 architecture, was much more efficient than its predecessors. AMD was also the first company to introduce low-voltage processors with 8 cores and support for 16 threads simultaneously. The processors have gained recognition, mainly due to unprecedented energy efficiency, beating competing Intel systems on the head. Manufacturers, however, did not fully believe in these processors, so we did not meet any high-end configuration that would combine AMD Ryzen processors 4000 with NVIDIA GeForce RTX graphics cards 2021 and above. A year has passed, the next edition of CES has started. It is time for the next AMD conference and the presentation of the fourth generation APU. In the case of AMD Cezanne, the situation is different. For the first time in history, the manufacturer enters the top gaming laptops.

AMD at the CES conference 2021, officially unveiled the fourth generation of Cezanne APUs, which will be powered by .in. high-performance gaming laptops with NVIDIA GeForce RTX cards 2100. The new APUs are based on the improved Zen 3 architecture.

AMD has unveiled a total of thirteen new Ryzen processors for laptops, of which 10 uses the new Zen 3 architecture (Cezanne-U and Cezanne-H), while the other three to refresh last year’s models Renoir (Lucienne-U). Among the novelties in architecture it is worth mentioning, among others doubling the amount of L3 cache and reducing delays, which should translate into, among others for higher gaming performance. The new AMD Cezanne-H processors will this year be combined not only with less powerful graphics cards, but also with top NVIDIA GeForce RTX systems 3060, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080. This is a completely new situation, as previously NVIDIA’s flagship notebook cards were only used with Intel. The fact that more and more manufacturers are switching to AMD systems is certainly a blow to Intel. We will see what the situation will look like after the premiere of 8-core Intel Tiger Lake-H processors 45.

For the first time, AMD is introducing a Zen-based APU that will have an unlocked multiplier. I’m talking about AMD Ryzen 9 processors 5900 HX and AMD Ryzen 9 5980 HX. The latter will be exclusive to ASUS, as will the AMD Ryzen 9 5980 HS. Most of the presented processors have 8 cores and 15 threads. The exceptions are AMD Ryzen 5 5600 H and AMD Ryzen 5 5600 HS which have 6 cores and 12 threads – talking about the more efficient Cezanne-H series. For low-voltage processors, we can replace: AMD Ryzen 7 5800 U (8C / 16 T, Zen 3), AMD Ryzen 7 5700 U (8C / 16 T, Zen 2), AMD Ryzen 5 5600 U (6C / T, Zen 3), AMD Ryzen 5 5500 U (6C / 12 T, Zen 2) and AMD Ryzen 5 5300 U (4C / 8T, Zen 2). The TDP on low voltage units is 15 W, while for full voltage Cezanne-H it is 45 In upgradeable to 54 W. For unlocked AMD units Ryzen 9 5900 HX and AMD Ryzen 9 5980 HX, TDP default is 45 In, however, it will be increased after the OC (not specified specific value).

Parameters	Ryzen 5 5600 H	Ryzen 5 5600 HS	Ryzen 7 5800 H	Ryzen 7 5800 HS	Ryzen 9 5900 H	Ryzen 9 5980 HS	Ryzen 9 5900 HX	Ryzen 9 5900 HX
Architecture	Cezanne Zen 3	Cezanne Zen 3	Cezanne Zen 3	Cezanne Zen 3	Cezanne Zen 3	Cezanne Zen 3	Cezanne Zen 3	Cezanne Zen 3
Lithography	7 nm	7 nm	7 nm	7 nm	7 nm	7 nm	7 nm	7 nm
Number of cores	6C / 12 T	6C / 12 T	8C / 16 T	8C / 16 T
8C / 16 T	8C / 16 T	8C / 16 T	8C / 16 T
Base clock	3.3 GHz	3.0 GHz	3.2 GHz	2, 8 GHz	3.3 GHz	3.0 GHz	3.3 GHz	3.3 GHz
Turbo Clock	4.2 GHz	4.2 GHz	4.4 GHz	4.4 GHz	4.6 GHz	4.8 GHz	4.6 GHz	4.8 GHz
Cache	19 MB	19 MB	20 MB	20 MB	20 MB	20 MB	20 MB	20 MB
iGPU	Radeon	Radeon	Radeon	Radeon	Radeon	Radeon	Radeon	Radeon
Memory controller	DDR4 3200 MHz	DDR4 3200 MHz	DDR4 3200 MHz	DDR4 3200 MHz	DDR4 3200 MHz	DDR4 3200 MHz	DDR4 3200 MHz	DDR4 3200 MHz
TDP	45 In (54 W)	35 In (45	45 In (54	35 In (45 )	45 In (54 )	35 In (45 W)	45 W +	45 W +

Parameters	Ryzen 3 5300 U	Ryzen 5 5500AT	Ryzen 5 5600 U	Rice en 7 5700 U	Ryzen 7 5700 U
Architecture	Lucienne-U Zen 2	Lucienne-U Zen 2	Cezanne-U Zen 3	Lucienne-U Zen 2	Cezanne-U Zen 3
Lithography	7 nm	7 nm	7 nm	7 nm	7 nm
Number of cores	4C / 8T	6C / 12 T	6C / 12 T	8C / 16 T	8C / 16 T
Base clock	2.6 GHz	2.1 GHz	2.3 GHz	1 , 8 GHz	1.9 GHz
Turbo Clock	3 , 8 GHz	4.0 GHz	4.2 GHz	4.3 GHz	4.4 GHz
Cache	6 MB	8 MB	19 MB	8MB	20 MB
iGPU	Radeon	Radeon	Radeon	Radeon	Radeon
Memory controller	DDR4 3200 MHz LPDDR4x 4266 MHz	DDR4 3200 MHz LPDDR4x 4266 MHz	DDR4 3200 MHz LPDDR4x 4266 MHz	DDR4 3200 MHz LPDDR4x 4266 MHz	DDR4 3200 MHz LPDDR4x 4266 MHz
TDP	15	15 In	15 In	15 In	15 In

New AMD Ryzen series processors 5000 from the Cezanne family boast twice the amount of L3 cache, up to 16 MB (total 20 MB, including L2 cache). There will also be integrated Radeon Graphics graphics chips that reuse the Vega architecture. However, it will be the last generation of the APU, which will use the already perfected Vega. We will get a maximum of iGPU Vega with 8 Compute Units and clocking 2100 MHz. However, specific details about the graphics chips were not presented at the conference. More APUs will go to iGPU NAVI based on RDNA 2 architecture. In 165 we will receive a total of over 150 notebooks from all leading manufacturers that will use AMD Cezanne processors. A large part of these laptops will be designs using efficient Cezanne-H chips in combination with NVIDIA GeForce RTX cards 3000. The new generation of APU is to bring smooth gameplay in AAA games while maintaining maximum graphics settings in Full HD and 4K resolutions. Most details on the specifications of the individual Ryzen series processors 5000 you will find in the tables above. The first laptops will be available from February.

Source: AMD