Tuesday, May 7th 2024
AMD to Use Ryzen 8050 Series Numbering for "Strix Point" Mobile Processors?
Leaked Lenovo product flyers point to the possibility of AMD's next-generation "Strix Point" mobile processor getting the processor numbering scheme of Ryzen 8050 series. The Lenovo flyer describes a ThinkPad T14 Gen 5 business notebook. Lending credence to the theory of the 8050 series being "Strix Point" is the numeral "5." The Ryzen 7030 series processors were based on the "Rembrand-R" silicon and the "Zen 3" microarchitecture. The Ryzen 7040 series were based on the newer "Phoenix" silicon, and "Zen 4." The current 8040 series chips are based on the "Hawk Point" silicon, and the existing "Zen 4" microarchitecture. See where this is going? The Ryzen 8050 series will hence be based on "Strix Point," featuring the latest "Zen 5" CPU cores, besides other cool stuff, such as a 50 AI TOPS-class NPU, and an updated iGPU based on the RDNA 3+ architecture. AMD's 2024 Computex address promises to be action-packed, with announcements expected across the client- and commercial processor spaces based on "Zen 5," next-gen EPYC "Zen 5" server processors, and perhaps even the Radeon RX RDNA 4.
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20 Comments on AMD to Use Ryzen 8050 Series Numbering for "Strix Point" Mobile Processors?
Really bad.
Everyone else will look at the third digit and ignore the other three digits, because Zen generation is ALL that matters, right?
I think you misunderstood @Wirko. It isn’t about what the capabilities actually are. It’s about perception by uneducated consumers. “Bigger number = better” is a marketing tactic. Performance doesn’t factor into it. Besides, even said consumers don’t actually care since for general PC use hardware has reached “good enough” levels years ago to the point where the differences would be barely perceptible to the general public. All they do is browse the web and use an office suit anyway. We’re not talking enthusiasts, power users, IT professionals and the like here.
To also mention the company with own fabs, think of the i7-7**0U. Eye seven, woohoo!
What I mean is ... It used to be better, and it used to be worse. If AMD actually stays true to their decoder ring, that deserves some praise.
And the last sentence of my comment above is inside hidden <s> ... </s> tags. The generation of the cores is not the only important factor, and it's not like every Zen 4 product is better than every Zen 3 product.
One more thought. We're talking about mobile processors here. Manufacturers could be accused of deceptive practices if they paired a quality screen, strong case with proper cooling, a good selection of ports, 2-channel or swappable RAM and etc. with a weak processor just to cut some corners. Are there many such notebooks out there?
Is a 5700U (Zen 2) better than a 5600H(or U)? Not really.
I miss when model numbers were easy enough to 'decode' for even a relative neophyte.