AMD today has officially announced their new Ryzen 5000U and Ryzen 5000H Zen3-powered lineup for the laptop and mobility notebook market. These chips are codenamed Cezanne and will feature a brand new core architecture to deliver improved efficiency & performance compared to Ryzen 4000 series mobile chips.
So lets start with the flagship models, which are part of the Ryzen 5000H series. These will be the AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX and Ryzen 9 5900HX, both of which are 8-core, 16-thread parts. The Ryzen 9 5900HX has a base clock of 3.3 GHz and boosts up to 4.6 GHz. The Ryzen 9 5980HX has the same base clock of 3.3 GHz, but will boost up to 4.8 GHz.
The chips will offer overclocking support and come with TDPs above 45W. Expect to see these processors in many high-end gaming laptops.
There will also be “H” and “HS” versions of these chips. They will have lower clock speeds as well as lower TDPs.
The 5000U Series is really designed for ultra-thin productivity and creation systems. These will be a mixture of Zen 3 and Zen 2 based chips. Here is a breakdown of all of the chips as well as what they are transitioning from.
If you want watch AMD’s full CES 2021 keynote you can check it out below…
