AMD is preparing the Ryzen 8000G series with RDNA 3 graphics for desktops

Over the past month, among other things, Asus has rolled out new BIOS builds for select models of motherboards with AMD 600 series controller circuits, as these contain new AGESA software with support for the not-yet-launched APU family of processors. Many have pointed to the Ryzen 7000G series, which will then combine the Zen 4 processor architecture in up to eight cores with integrated RDNA 3 graphics with up to 12 compute units.

According to a new report from Taiwan HKEPC Are these processors on the way very often, but will instead happen in the upcoming Ryzen 8000 series. However, this is not a transition to the Zen 5 architecture, but instead Zen 4 still applies to the new models. This means that the new APUs will be based on an older architecture than the usual Ryzen 8000 processors, but on the other hand, this is not unusual considering how AMD has historically mixed different architectures within the same product family.

The report claims that motherboard manufacturers are currently validating and testing a total of four new models in the new APU family. At the top is the top model Ryzen 7 8700G, which is based on eight traditional Zen 4 cores for the processor part as well as 12 compute units (CUs) for the RDNA 3-based graphics part. This is accompanied by the smaller brother Ryzen 5 8600G, which is reduced to six Zen 4 cores Regular and 8 arithmetic units for the graphic part.

After that, there will be more unconventional configurations in terms of processor cores, with AMD here mixing traditional Zen 4 cores with more power-efficient Zen 4c variants. The Ryzen 5 8500G is also a hexa-core processor, but only two traditional Zen 4 cores are used here. It is combined with four smaller Zen 4c cores as well as a very miniature graphics part containing only 4 compute units. The entry-level Ryzen 3 8300G takes the step up to four cores, with one of them being the full-sized Zen 4 variant while the remaining three are Zen 4c.

The launch date for the new processors has not yet been set, but according to HKEPC sources, it is expected to take place either at the end of the year or early 2024. The upcoming models are compatible with existing AM5 motherboards provided they are updated with a new board. BIOS version.