Lower End Models of the AMD Ryzen 7000G APU Series Are Based on “Phoenix 2”
The Ryzen 7000G series desktop APUs from AMD, which include the 4 nm “Phoenix” monolithic processor technology into the Socket AM5 desktop packaging, are now undergoing finalization. The main draw of these CPUs is their sizable integrated graphics processing unit (iGPU), which is built on the most recent RDNA3 architecture. It has up to 12 compute units, or 768 stream processors, and supports the whole DirectX 12 Ultimate feature set. Gaming at 720p to 1080p on entry-medium settings should be possible with these processors; for even greater performance, you can enable FSR. We’re not sure yet if the desktop platform will get access to the Ryzen AI capability set. The 8-core/16-thread CPU in “Phoenix” is built on the most recent “Zen 4” microarchitecture.
The fact that AMD is introducing the “Phoenix” silicon to the desktop market in addition to referencing the smaller “Phoenix 2” silicon in the CPU variants featured in this leak is an intriguing development. Physically smaller, this device has an iGPU with no more than four computing units equivalent to 256 stream processors and a CPU with two “Zen 4” and four “Zen 4c” cores. At least three processor models’ OPN codes were discovered online. The Ryzen 5 PRO 7500G (100-000001183-00), Ryzen 5 7500G (100-00000931-00), and Ryzen 3 7300G (100-000001187-00) are some of these models. As of right now, no specifications are available regarding these chips. While the 7300G may have a 2+2 core configuration, the PRO 7500G and standard 7500G are anticipated to include the entire 2+4 core arrangement. The company’s 7600G and 7700G, if they are planned, will probably be built around “Phoenix” and include six or eight standard “Zen 4” cores.
The I/O of the “Phoenix” and “Phoenix 2” dies is the same, consisting of a 24-lane PCI-Express Gen 4 root complex (4 less PCIe lanes than the “Raphael” MCM) and a dual-channel DDR5 memory interface (4x 40-bit sub-channels). This could imply that, on desktop motherboards, even on B650E and X670E motherboards, the x16 PEG slot will operate at Gen 4 speed and that only one of the two x4 NVMe slots connected to the CPU will be in use because the other four processing lanes will be devoted to the chipset bus.
The leak also contains a few entry-level mainstream mobile processor models built on “Hawk Point,” which is probably an upgraded version of “Phoenix” and “Phoenix 2” silicon that transfers “Zen 4” CPU cores to the Ryzen 8000 series, in a similar fashion to how the “Rembrandt-R” based on “Zen 3” was inserted into the Ryzen 7030 series. The Ryzen 7 8840U (100-000001325-00), Ryzen 5 8540U (100-000001326-00), Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U (100-000001331-00), and Ryzen 3 8440U (100-00000XXX-00) are some of the processor models that are indicated here.
