In recent weeks AMD has introduced the first processors of the Ryzen 4000 family to the market, specifically designed for notebook systems. These CPUs are based on Zen architecture 2, built with 7 nanometer production technology and equipped inside with a GPU of the Vega family.
The recent history of AMD has seen, in past years, the debut of Ryzen processors with GPU integrated first in notebook systems and later also for the desktop segment. These latest versions have been added to those with the same numerical indication for desktop systems without integrated GPU, based on a more sophisticated CPU architecture. In the previous generation Ryzen 3000, for example, the processors with integrated GPU of the G family were based on Zen + architecture and 12 nanometer production technology while those Ryzen 3000 without integrated GPU were built with 7 nanometer technology and Zen 2 architecture.
In the last few days they have appeared online rumors about the AMD Ryzen 4000 G series processors, the proposals with integrated GPU for AM4 motherboards for desktop systems. The technical specifications expected for these processors are those of the Ryzen 4000 models that debuted in notebook systems, although we will hardly see variations with 8-core architecture given the price positioning in the entry level segment historically chosen for these models.
We expect these processors two categories of versions, characterized by a TDP value of 35 Watt or 65 Watt. By way of comparison, remember that the Ryzen 4000 processors for notebook systems now on the market are available in versions with TDP equal to 15 Watt or 35-45 Watt, depending on the type of notebook to which they are combined.
When will we see these processors debuting? We may suppose during the second half of the yearthe period chosen by AMD last year for the commercial debut of the Ryzen 5 3400G and Ryzen 3 3200G models. The price positioning should be mirror of that of the CPUs now on the market, therefore approximately between € 100 and € 150 depending on the version.
In comparison with the models that will replace on the market the new Ryzen 4000 CPUs of the G series should offer a good increase in performance from the processor compartment, thanks to the adoption of the Zen 2 architecture. Similar dynamics also for the integrated GPU component, always of the family Vega with a comparable number of Compute Units but pushed here to much higher clock frequencies thanks to the use of 7 nanometer production technology.