Gigabyte confirms "Ryzen 9000" branding for AMD's upcoming Zen 5 CPUs

[DragonSlayer101]

What just happened? Gigabyte has officially confirmed that AMD's next-gen processor lineup will be marketed under the "Ryzen 9000" moniker. The confirmation seemingly scotches rumors that Team Red could switch up its naming convention and use the Ryzen 8000 branding for the Zen 5 chips that are launching this year.

The information comes from a new Gigabyte press release notifying users of the latest AGESA 1.1.7.0 beta BIOS release that makes its current AM5 motherboards (X670, B650, and A620-series products) compatible with AMD's next-gen processors. Asus and MSI confirmed support last week, but only mentioned "next-gen AMD Ryzen CPUs" rather than revealing the official branding for the upcoming lineup.

Codenamed "Granite Ridge," the Ryzen 9000-series desktop processors will be based on the Zen 5 architecture and be an upgrade over the Zen 4-based "Raphael" CPUs released in late 2022. While AMD has already announced that the first batch of Zen 5-based SKUs will debut later this year, unconfirmed rumors suggest that they could be showcased at Computex 2024 in June before going on sale a few months later.

Alongside Granite Ridge, Zen 5 is also expected to power the "Strix Point" APUs, tipped to release later this year. However, unlike the Ryzen 9000 series, these are said to combine Zen 5 and Zen 5c cores and include more powerful integrated graphics. Zen 5 is also expected to power the "Fire Range" mobile CPUs and "Strix Halo" APUs that are rumored to be released in 2025.

AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su has already confirmed that Zen 5-based CPUs for both client and server applications will launch in the second half of 2024. A recent leak also suggested that Zen 5 cores could be more than 40 percent faster than Zen 4, possibly making the next-gen processors significantly more powerful than their predecessors.

While AMD hasn't yet shared any Zen 5 benchmarks, it claims that the chips will offer improved performance and efficiency over Zen 4. Other improvements are said to be a re-pipelined front end, as well as integrated AI and machine learning optimizations. Overall, Zen 5 is likely to be a substantial upgrade over the current-generation processors, and the fact they will be supported by existing AM5 motherboards is probably the encouragement that many AMD users need to splurge on a new CPU this year.

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Gigabyte confirms "Ryzen 9000" branding for AMD's upcoming Zen 5 CPUs

 

[yRaz]

So I've been in the market with an AMD laptop with JUST the 780M in it and I have run into the dumbest problem. The 780m only comes on their top teir mobile CPU but their top teir CPU ALWAYS COMES WITH DEDICADED GPU. There is ONE and that's the Minisform V3. All their lower end cpus only come with the 760m which is pretty much useless. Why even put an APU in a laptop with a dedicated GPU? And I need it with just the integrated graphics because I don't want driver conflicts in my specific workload because, SURPRISE!, their high end chips that come with the 780m are almost universally paired with nVidia mobile GPUs.

 

[antiproduct]

So I've been in the market with an AMD laptop with JUST the 780M in it and I have run into the dumbest problem. The 780m only comes on their top teir mobile CPU but their top teir CPU ALWAYS COMES WITH DEDICADED GPU. There is ONE and that's the Minisform V3. All their lower end cpus only come with the 760m which is pretty much useless. Why even put an APU in a laptop with a dedicated GPU? And I need it with just the integrated graphics because I don't want driver conflicts in my specific workload because, SURPRISE!, their high end chips that come with the 780m are almost universally paired with nVidia mobile GPUs.

Check Lenovo, especially the T and P series. I was having the opposite problem of wanting to find one with an nVidia and was only finding their 780M by itself.

 

[yRaz]

Check Lenovo, especially the T and P series. I was having the opposite problem of wanting to find one with an nVidia and was only finding their 780M by itself.

I know of the Lenovo laptop you're talking about, it only comes in a 16GB memory configuration.

 

[antiproduct]

I know of the Lenovo laptop you're talking about, it only comes in a 16GB memory configuration.

A lot of them just say "Integrated Graphics" but for the Ryzen 7 and 9 chips in the P and T series, that integrated graphics chip is the 780M. Look at the CPU model details, it'll usually say on the AMD site. It's just inconsistency on the Lenovo (and probably other) websites not to list out that it's the 780M.

Here's one of the CPUs for example that just states the integrated graphics on the Lenovo site: https://www.amd.com/en/products/apu/amd-ryzen-7-pro-7840u

 

[DZillaXx]

I know of the Lenovo laptop you're talking about, it only comes in a 16GB memory configuration.

The P series can do 64gb of ram with the 7840U

 

[yRaz]

The P series can do 64gb of ram with the 7840U

Can I get a link? I've been told they've been discontinued and the only ones left are the 16GB models. I'd buy that in a heart beat

 

[antiproduct]

Can I get a link? I've been told they've been discontinued and the only ones left are the 16GB models. I'd buy that in a heart beat

Here's the 14" and 16" with 64GB and the Ryzen 7 7840U: https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/laptop...96:AMD%20Ryzen%E2%84%A2%207%20PRO;704:64%20GB

 

[yRaz]

Here's the 14" and 16" with 64GB and the Ryzen 7 7840U: https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/results/?visibleDatas=696:AMD%20Ryzen%E2%84%A2%207%20PRO;704:64%20GB

That's a ballin' ****ing deal

 

[human7]

This is kind of off-topic, but every time I see her name written as "Dr. Lisa Su" I think dang, why don't we have more Ph.D.s running these high-tech businesses?

Say what you will about the performance of AMD's products, and yes I know they are a corporation like any other, but I always find myself cheering for them. Whether it's because they are the underdog, are usually more open source than other firms (they're still heavily proprietary though), or because they seem to focus more on engineering and what people want rather than what they "want people to want", I always find something to like about them.

I buy whatever is best in the market at the time, not married to them, but I'm most interested to see how they compete against the Microsoft-Intel NPU (and I'm calling it that because it does seem like Microsoft is "in bed" with Intel on determining the specs for this thing).

 

[Aus spot]

This is kind of off-topic, but every time I see her name written as "Dr. Lisa Su" I think dang, why don't we have more Ph.D.s running these high-tech businesses?

Though I love what she has achieved. To answer your question the general person with a phd is research/detail focused and not well suited to a management or big picture job. Obviously there are exemptions as in all people.

 

[human7]

Though I love what she has achieved. To answer your question the general person with a phd is research/detail focused and not well suited to a management or big picture job. Obviously their are exemptions as in all people.

Sure, that's true in a lot of cases, but I think that the idea that a researcher cannot lead a company is also part of the reason. It also speaks to the priorities that businesses tend to have: their products are a means to an end, profit, whereas researchers (and engineers) find intrinsic value in the work itself. Boeing and Intel are learning this lesson the hard way.

 

[RaXelliX]

So I've been in the market with an AMD laptop with JUST the 780M in it and I have run into the dumbest problem. The 780m only comes on their top teir mobile CPU but their top teir CPU ALWAYS COMES WITH DEDICADED GPU. There is ONE and that's the Minisform V3. All their lower end cpus only come with the 760m which is pretty much useless. Why even put an APU in a laptop with a dedicated GPU? And I need it with just the integrated graphics because I don't want driver conflicts in my specific workload because, SURPRISE!, their high end chips that come with the 780m are almost universally paired with nVidia mobile GPUs.

Try finding a 17" with mechanical keyboard and high refreshrate panel that actually has some color accuracy and comes with a powerful CPU but no dGPU. Manufacturers think that only gamers care about these things and that every 17" much have a dGPU.