AMD recently introduced the Ryzen 4000 Mobile range of processors, codenamed Renoir, demonstrating a competitiveness never before achieved in the notebook sector. The company knows, however, that it cannot sit on its laurels and for this reason it would already be working on Cézanne, or on the range Ryzen 5000. The code name refers to Paul Cézanne, famous French painter.
Cézanne, arriving in 2021, is expected to represent a totally new project compared to Renoir: it should be based on Zen architecture 3 as for the CPU cores (like the Ryzen 4000 desktops expected this year) and integrate one GPU RDNA2, the same architecture at the base of future Navi 2X cards, but also of the GPU of the Xbox Series X and the Playstation 5. To all this should be added the use of an improved 7-nanometer production process, capable of improving efficiency.
In recent years AMD has fully exploited the Vega architecture, also using it in Renoir APUs in an optimized form, with fewer Compute Units but managing to offer greater performance. According to rumors, we will not see the first generation of the RDNA architecture (at the base of the Radeon RX 5000 released so far) in the form of integrated graphics, or at least not in this specific project.
As for the future offer, the Ryzen 5000 "Cézanne" should continue to be divided into two segments, the high performance H series and the low consumption U series. The processors will also feature the same FP6 (BGA) package as current chips and will therefore be installable by OEMs in existing designs. AMD will also present new dedicated GPUs, also based on RDNA 2, with the aim of representing a concrete alternative to Nvidia GPUs for gaming notebooks. Rumors currently make the name of Ships 23.
The American laptop manufacturer Dell would already be designing at least four 15.6-inch configurations with Cezanne-H "Ryzen 5000" processors, characterized by high-speed screens: there is talk of Full HD at 120, 165 or 360 Hz, but also of 240 Hz WQHD display, all with FreeSync support.
In recent days, Intel has announced that Tiger Lake processors (process 10+) based on Willow Cove architecture and new generation Xe graphics will be ready by mid-year, with product availability in the following months. For many it will probably be more of a response to the Ryzen 4000 Mobile than a real opponent of the Ryzen 5000. You will have to understand their real potential.
The new Tiger Lake solutions will also rival AMD's U solutions, while Intel's plans for the H series (renewed in recent weeks) are less clear. In any case, Intel is expected in 2021 with a new range of mobile CPUs based on the Golden Cove x86 architecture, made with the 10 ++ production process.
