AMD revealed its Ryzen 3000 series and “Picasso” A-series mobile processors at CES 2019 in Las Vegas.
The new AMD Ryzen H-series and U-series processors are designed for the full laptop performance stack. The H-series have higher TDP, and will be used in gaming laptops and high-performance workstations. The U-series have a keener focus on power consumption, and will therefore be used in ultrathins and mainstream devices.
In its press release, AMD states that the Ryzen 7 3700 can edit media up to 29 per cent faster than the Intel Core i7-8700U and offer up to 10 hours of video playback time.
| Name | Cores/Threads | TDP | Boost/Base clock | Graphics | GPU Cores | GPU Clock | L2+L3 Cache |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 7 3750H | 4C/8T | 35W | 4.0GHz / 2.3 GHz | Vega | 10 | 1,400 MHz | 6MB |
| AMD Ryzen 7 3000U | 4C/8T | 15W | 4.0GHz / 2.3 GHz | Vega | 10 | 1,400 MHz | 6MB |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3550H | 4C/8T | 35W | 3.7 GHz / 2.1 GHz | Vega | 8 | 1,200 MHz | 6MB |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3500U | 4C/8T | 15W | 3.7 GHz / 2.1 GHz | Vega | 8 | 1,200 MHz | 6MB |
| AMD Ryzen 3 3300U | 4C/4T | 15W | 3.5 GHz / 2.1 GHz | Vega | 6 | 1,200 MHz | 6MB |
| AMD Ryzen 3 3200U | 2C/4T | 15W | 3.5 GHz / 2.6 GHz | Vega | 3 | 1,200 MHz | 5MB |
| AMD Athlon 300U | 2C/4T | 15W | 3.3 GHz / 2.4 GHz | Vega | 3 | 1,000 MHz | 5MB |
The chips are built upon the AMD Zen+ microarchitecture. As an improvement to the original Zen architecture, Zen+ uses more refined transistors and have improved self-overclocking capabilities. In addition, it also amends the cache and memory latency issues in the original Zen. All chips will use AMD Radeon Vega graphics.
The AMD Ryzen 3000-series mobile processors will be available in Q1 2019 in devices from Acer, Asus, Dell, HP, Huawei, Lenovo, and Samsung.
| Name | Cores/Threads | TDP | Boost/Base clock | Graphics | GPU Cores | GPU Clock | L2 Cache |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMD A6-9200C | 2C/2T | 6W | 2.7 GHz / 1.8 GHz | R5 | 3 /192 GCN 1.2 | 720 MHz | 1MB |
| AMD A4-9120C | 2C/2T | 6W | 2.4 GHz / 1.6 GHz | R4 | 3 / 192 GCN 1.2 | 600 MHz | 1MB |
Whereas the Ryzen 3000 H and U series are designed for Windows-based laptops, AMD has also released new A-series processors designed for Chromebooks. Codenamed Picasso, the AMD A6-99220C and AMD A4-9120C will initially be featured in the Acer Chromebook 315 and HP Chromebook 14.
