AMD Ryzen Pro 7000 Series CPUs Launched

AMD has a number of new CPUs it is launching today. Those include the “Pro” series of popular Ryzen consumer CPUs. The AMD Ryzen Pro 7000 series is the 65W desktop CPU. Perhaps more exciting though is the AMD Ryzen Pro 7040 series where we get Zen 4, RDNA3, and dedicated AMD AI accelerators in low-power CPUs.

AMD Ryzen Pro 7000 Series CPUs Launched

The AMD Ryzen Pro 7000 series APUs have up to 12 cores and 65W TDPs. We have been waiting a LONG time for the new generation of Ryzen Pro CPUs. These are not the 35W TDP APUs with RDNA3 graphics that we are excited for, but still, the higher-end parts are available.

There are three new SKUs. The AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 7645 is the six-core model at the low end. At the top end, there is the AMD Ryzen 9 Pro 7945 with twelve cores. In the middle is the eight-core AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 7745.

The generational comparison seems good for the new chips.

Perhaps the bigger story though is the AMD Ryzen Pro 7040 series. These are the new 4nm Zen 4 mobile APUs with RDNA 3 graphics.

Here are the six new SKUs and their specs. There are U series chips for lower power applications and HS chips for higher power notebookes.

One of the biggest features, by far, is that some of the chips will have onboard AMD Ryzen AI accelerators. AMD is not specifically discussing those in the context of an Apple silicon device, but it is doing a comparison between the AMD Ryzen Pro 7040 series and the Apple M2 Macs.

Apple has been very successful in marketing its Arm-based chips with its Neural Engine, GPU, and Media Engines built-in and using those accelerators to show performance gains over x86. AMD is now offering chips with a similar mix of accelerators and so perhaps we will see more head-to-head in accelerated applications.

Final Words

This is very exciting to see new chips. Hopefully, we get new 35W TDP RDNA3 AMD Ryzen Pro APUs soon to update 1L PCs in our Project TinyMiniMicro series. From what we have seen thus far with these new APUs, the GPU capabilities with RDNA3 are very strong.

Something this reminds us of is a double standard in the PC versus server market. We get excited when a desktop CPU such as those from Apple and now AMD have accelerators built-in. On the server side, we make sure to note when an onboard Intel Xeon Sapphire Rapids accelerator is being used. Perhaps that is just self-awareness that we need to be more mindful of which standard to use in the future.

Stay tuned to STH because we will be showing off some of these new Ryzen Pro CPUs in the future.