AMD has just announced that it is changing its planned roadmap for the launch of new chips, in order to integrate a new contender in the line of mobile processors aimed at laptops, very focused on performance.
Concretely, it consists of adding the new CPU codenamed ‘Dragon Range’ intended to be part of the configuration of extreme gaming laptops.
This processor is very similar to the processor of the desktop line called “Raphael” and is also based on the Zen 4 architecture, already presented by AMD in the latest edition of CES 2022.
During this event which took place one more year in Las Vegas (USA), AMD announced the Ryzen 7000 processor supposed to use the code name ‘Raphael’ and which will arrive in computers at the end of 2022.
When will Dragon Range chips be introduced?
“Dragon Range” and “Phoenix” will be AMD’s laptop processors for gaming setups. In fact, AMD describes “Dragon Range” as the processor for laptops over 20mm thick.
For their part, the “Phoenix” chips will target lighter and thinner laptops with a much lower heat dissipation value, thinking of ultralight laptops in which a better balance between performance and dissipation power is sought.
If you are wondering when these processors will be presented, the answer is not simple, although we know that it will be some time in 2023, but without defining exactly in which quarter of the year.
This will all happen after AMD launches the ‘Raphael’ chips which will be part of desktops at the end of 2022. It’s usually something usual, that AMD first launches the chips for desktops and then transfers new to laptops.
What are the specifications of AMD’s Dragon Range and Phoenix chips?
The “Dragon Range” model will be the most powerful in terms of CPU cores, cache memory and execution threads, in the words of AMD spokespersons. Although Robert Hallock, the company’s chief marketing officer, declined to comment on specifics of the new chips, the slide does reveal some details.
In fact, “Dragon Range” will support the use of DDR4 memory and PCI Express 5 slots, and will consume more than 55 watts. For its part, Phoenix is considering LPDDR5 memory support, PCI Express 5 and will consume between 35 and 45 W.
In response to a question, Hallock declined to say whether the memory designations would be proprietary or whether “Dragon Range” might add support for older memory types such as DDR4.
Hallock also declined to clarify other specs of the “Dragon Range” chip, though he said AMD is trying to hit the pinnacle of gaming performance. “Our goal is to have leadership when it comes to performance, both for games and threads,” Hallock said.
Regarding “Dragon Range”, Hallock expects the part to carry the suffix “HX”, which designates a processor in the premium category. “The ‘Dragon line’ will require a new type of SoC as a direct result of this market tilt primesaid Hallock.
What price will these Dragon Range processors have?
We don’t know the prices these new chips will have, although it seems clear that they will be at the top of the table, competing with their main competitors 12th Gen Intel Core i9, with 14 processor cores and a speed Turbo Boost up to 5 GHz.
These chips, being soldered on the motherboard of laptop computers, will not have a final sale price as PC processors may have. However, they will be among the laptops whose configuration does not drop below a price of 1,500 $, to cite an example.
In addition, Intel is fully involved in improving the integrated graphics of its chips with the new technology which has been called Arc Intel. This microarchitecture, which will become a reality at the end of 2022, promises substantial improvements in areas such as games and content creation.
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