2+4 CPU Configuration Spies Potential AMD Hybrid Phoenix 2 APU

A purported AMD Phoenix 2 hybrid APU with a 2+4 CPU layout has been found in the MilkyWay@Home database. The “A70F80” CPUID appears to be a part of the Phoenix 2 lineup even if the APU was not given a name. The APU in issue contains two regular Zen 4 cores and four power-optimized (low-power) Zen 4 cores, making it somewhat of a hefty chip, according to the database entry. hybrid configuration LITTLE-like. On all six cores, it looks to allow multithreading.

Although the item does not explicitly state that this is the Phoenix 2 APU, it does corroborate certain earlier speculations. This forthcoming APU is said to have four Zen 4c cores with 4 MB of L2 cache and 4 MB of L3 cache, as well as two Zen 4 cores with 2 MB of L2 and 4 MB of L3 cache, according to Tomshardware. Additionally, it should handle DDR5/LPDDR5X memory and include an iGPU built on the RDNA 3 architecture with up to 512 stream processors.