Thursday, February 15th 2024
AMD Readies Ryzen 8000GE Line of 35W Desktop APUs
AMD's small but fledgling Ryzen 8000 line of Socket AM5 desktop APUs is about to grow, with the addition of four new low-power SKUs, under the Ryzen 8000GE line. These chips come with a TDP of 35 W compared to the 65 W of the regular 8000G APUs, and a lowered PPT (package power tracking) value, making them energy-efficient variants. To be clear, these are not AMD's 8000-series APUs meant for the commercial desktop market, for that the company has the Ryzen PRO 8000 series and Ryzen PRO 7000 series.
The Ryzen 8000GE series are meant to square off against Intel's 14th Gen Core T-series SKUs that have processor base power values of 35 W, and significantly lower maximum turbo power values than the regular processor models. To carve out these chips, AMD has lowered the clock speeds and TDP compared to the regular 8000G series. Since the underlying 4 nm "Hawk Point" silicon achieves fairly good clocks in its 35 W HS-segment notebook processors, one can expect reasonably good boost residency with the 8000GE desktop chips.The lineup is led by the Ryzen 7 8700GE, with a base frequency of 3.65 GHz compared to the 4.20 GHz of the 8700G; followed by the Ryzen 5 8600GE with 3.90 GHz base frequency compared to the 4.35 GHz of the 8600G; the Ryzen 5 8500GE and the 8300GE, which drop their base frequencies by 150 MHz on their "Zen 4" cores, compared to the 8500G and 8300G, respectively. All four chips come with 35 W TDP. There are even Ryzen PRO GE variants, which come with the AMD PRO feature set, and an identical set of clock speeds.
The Ryzen 8000GE series are meant to square off against Intel's 14th Gen Core T-series SKUs that have processor base power values of 35 W, and significantly lower maximum turbo power values than the regular processor models. To carve out these chips, AMD has lowered the clock speeds and TDP compared to the regular 8000G series. Since the underlying 4 nm "Hawk Point" silicon achieves fairly good clocks in its 35 W HS-segment notebook processors, one can expect reasonably good boost residency with the 8000GE desktop chips.The lineup is led by the Ryzen 7 8700GE, with a base frequency of 3.65 GHz compared to the 4.20 GHz of the 8700G; followed by the Ryzen 5 8600GE with 3.90 GHz base frequency compared to the 4.35 GHz of the 8600G; the Ryzen 5 8500GE and the 8300GE, which drop their base frequencies by 150 MHz on their "Zen 4" cores, compared to the 8500G and 8300G, respectively. All four chips come with 35 W TDP. There are even Ryzen PRO GE variants, which come with the AMD PRO feature set, and an identical set of clock speeds.