New information has been revealed about the AMD Van Gogh line of Ryzen APUs for very low power notebooks. According to the details, we now have an idea of how many processor cores and GPUs the new chips will contain and what other features they will bring for laptops and PC devices with power restrictions.
AMD’s Van Gogh Ryzen Powered Notebooks have RDNA 2 GPU and Zen 2 CPU features
AMD’s Ryzen APUs that are part of the Van Gogh family will have two key technologies. These include the Zen 2 CPU and RDNA 2 GPU architectures. The design will be different from anything AMD has done on the PC platform, but the same two architectures have been incorporated for next-generation consoles from Microsoft and Sony. Existing Ryzen 5000 Cezanne APUs feature the Zen3 CPU architecture and the Vega Enhanced GPU.
AMD Van Gogh APUs will be released with RDNA 2 and Zen 2 cores later this year. (Image credits: Moore’s Law is dead)
The details posted by Moore’s Law is Dead say that Van Gogh Ryzen’s APUs will come with quad-core models. The chips powered by AMD Zen 2 will be based on the TSMC 7nm process node and will have a monolithic design composed of CPU, GPU and IP I / O. The chip itself will have a very small footprint on the surface of the mold, and the lower cache will allow cost savings for AMD in mass production of these chips.
At the heart of the Van Gogh APUs Ryzen would be the AMD RDNA 2 graphics architecture. MLID reports that the APU is expected to contain a total of 8 computing units based on the RDNA 2 GPU architecture. In terms of performance, the Van Gogh APUs should perform faster than Cezanne APUs in graphics, but don’t expect them to be much faster, as Cezanne chips have a higher power budget than GPU cores, while Van Gogh APUs will have a total TDP of about 7.5-15W.
As for the Infinity cache, it is already confirmed that AMD will not present this on its Van Gogh APUs, as confirmed in the latest Linux Kernel patch.
AMD Van Gogh Ryzen APUs will also rely on LPDDR5 memory, and again, the film will offer the latest IPs, which look good from a marketing perspective than providing higher bandwidth for Games. The APUs will be designed for the FF3 jack, which is a compact, low-power outlet to compete with Tiger Lake-U processors. Intel’s Tiger Lake-U is actually a direct competitor to Van Gogh and AMD can also use the chip in the future for low-cost products until a real successor arrives that has already been leaked as Dragon Crest .