Introduced at CES 2022 for laptops, the AMD Ryzen 6000 mobile processors are finally coming to market. AMD has released various information about the new APUs based on the Zen 3+ architecture, including benchmark tests.
As AMD’s partners have started offering most laptops with the Ryzen 6000, the chipmaker has provided more details on the features of the new processors. In addition to the information expressed in the announcement made at CES, attention was drawn to the energy management of the processor part and the performance of the integrated graphics part.
AMD Ryzen 6000 mobile processor features
While it’s certainly nice to have more graphics power thanks to the new Radeon 680M integrated GPU, AMD has emphasized efficiency with the Ryzen 6000 series. Improvements in the Zen 3+ core, power management, and 6nm process have resulted in AMD making some bold claims.
First, AMD says it can increase base clock speeds by around 40 percent on its 15-watt U-series processors. This allows for a 17 percent increase in performance over the previous generation, an 81 percent increase in graphics speeds and an additional 3 hours of battery life. Not bad for a company that didn’t have a presence in the ultrabook market just a few years ago.
AMD says that in terms of efficiency, the 15-watt U-series processors are better than Intel’s 11th-gen 28-watt hardware. The company’s tests show that the new Ryzen 7 6800U is about 24 percent faster than the Core i7-11857G.
Let’s say that Radeon 680M will be enough for shallow gamers. AMD says the Ryzen 5 6600U hit 128 FPS in Age of Empires 4, compared to the 86 FPS of the i7-1135G7 and Intel Iris Xe. The difference, however, became apparent among the more demanding games: AMD hit 52 FPS in Shadow of the Tomb Raider, while Intel only stayed at 32 FPS.
Financially struggling PC users may be justified in relying on an integrated graphics card rather than spending more money on a system with a dedicated GPU. Built into the new Ryzen 7 and 9 processors, the Radeon 680M offers up to 12 processing cores that can reach 2.4 GHz. The lower-end Radeon 660M in Ryzen 5, on the other hand, can reach 1.9GHz. As appealing as
Ryzen 6000 mobile chips may sound, it will be interesting to see how they compete with Intel’s 12th-gen hybrid processors. But for now, it looks like the ultrabook AMD APU system might be just what consumers looking for affordable laptops want.
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