Though the principle focus this month has been on AMD’s upcoming launch of its Ryzen 7000 desktop collection processors primarily based on the Zen 4 structure, AMD can also be within the strategy of launching its 7020 collection of processors designed for entry-level cellular, codenamed Mendocino. It has launched 4 new SKUs for cellular, together with two Ryzen collection fashions and two Athlon variants, all primarily based on its Zen 2 structure.
As we discovered in Could, AMD’s Zen 2 primarily based ‘Mendocino’ APUs are designed as a part of its lower-end cellular processor stack for entry-level skinny pocket book and laptop computer options. The inexpensive APUs incorporate as much as 4 Zen 2 CPU cores, in addition to AMD’s built-in Radeon 610M graphics, all with a most TDP of 15W.
Focusing particularly on the AMD 7020 collection APUs introduced right this moment, the highest SKU is the Ryzen 5 7520U. Utilizing AMD’s new Ryzen Cellular CPU numbering system, the 7520U is a mannequin 12 months 2023 chip below the Ryzen 5 collection banner utilizing its Zen 2 core structure. The U suffix technically means 15-28W, however on this case AMD has confirmed that the entire present chips have a max TDP of 15W.
The AMD Ryzen 5 7520U advantages from a 2.8 GHz base frequency throughout its 4 cores, with a 1T enhance frequency of as much as 4.3 GHz. It additionally features a complete of 6MB of cache, break up between 4MB of L3 and 2MB of L2 (512KB per core).
| AMD Ryzen 7020 Collection (Mendocino) Lineup | ||||||
| SKU | Cores/Threads | CPU Frequency (Base) |
CPU Frequency (1T Increase) |
Cache | iGPU | TDP |
| Ryzen 5 7520U | 4C / 8T | 2.8 GHz | 4.3 GHz | 2MB L2 + 4MB L3 | Radeon 610M | 15 W |
| Ryzen 3 7320U | 4C / 8T | 2.4 GHz | 4.1 GHz | 2MB L2 + 4MB L3 | Radeon 610M | 15 W |
| Athlon Gold 7220U | 2C / 4T | 2.4 GHz | 3.7 GHz | 1MB L2 + 4MB L3 | Radeon 610M | 15 W |
| Athlon Silver 7120U | 2C / 4T | 2.4 GHz | 3.5 GHz | 1MB L2 + 2MB L3 | Radeon 610M | 15 W |
Shifting down the stack is the Ryzen 3 7320U, which has 4 cores and eight threads however a base core clock velocity of two.4 GHz and a single core enhance frequency of as much as 4.1 GHz. Just like the Ryzen 5 7520U, it additionally advantages from a mixed cache of 6 MB throughout its L2/L3 cache construction.
Trying on the Athlon-branded 7020 collection chips, the Athlon Gold 7220U provides two cores and 4 threads, with a base frequency of two.4 GHz, a single core enhance frequency of as much as 3.7 GHz, and 5 MB of shared L2/L3 cache. The Athlon Silver 7120U is just about the Athlon Gold 7220U, nevertheless it has a barely decrease 1T enhance frequency of three.5 GHz and half as a lot L3 cache (for a complete of 3MB as a substitute of 5MB)
AMD Radeon 610M with two graphics cores for efficiency on the entry-level
All of right this moment’s introduced AMD’s Zen 2 Ryzen and Athlon 7020 collection will assist as much as 32 GB of LPDDR5 reminiscence in a dual-channel (64-bit) configuration, and have two graphics cores/CUs primarily based on its RNDA 2 know-how, which AMD is branding the Radeon 610M built-in graphics chip. All 4 cellular APUs may even embrace a TDP of as much as 15 W.
On the time of writing, AMD hasn’t revealed particular pricing except for a complete laptop computer worth vary of between $399 and $699. Nevertheless, it has introduced that its AMD Ryzen 7020 Collection Ecosystem companions are Acer, HP, Lenovo, and Microsoft, with notebooks that includes these chips anticipated to start out showing on retail cabinets someday in This autumn 2022.
Supply: AMD
