[Hardware] AMD Ryzen 4000 Renoir Desktop APUs Launched – Zen 2 CPU & Vega 7nm GPU Cores Fused Together For The Desktop AM4 Platform

[Mark-x]

After nearly three months since the launch of the Ryzen 4000 family on the mobility platform, AMD is bringing its Renoir Ryzen 4000 lineup to the desktop AM4 platform. Featuring the 7nm Zen 2 CPU & enhanced Vega GPU architectures, the Ryzen 4000 Renoir Desktop APU family delivers a greater leap over the past-generation of APUs, offering better performance in both compute and graphics workloads to every-day consumers.

AMD Ryzen 4000 Renoir Desktop APU Family Officially Launched - The Future Is Indeed Fusion : 

The AMD Ryzen 4000 Renoir APU family for the desktop platform delivers the same disruption to the APU segment as the mobility platform. AMD is not only updating its CPU and GPU engines but also delivering a massive uplift in core counts and raw IPC. With the Ryzen 4000 Renoir family, AMD is fusing its 7nm Zen 2 cores alongside the 7nm Vega graphics cores. The 7nm Zen 2 cores are not only better in terms of IPC but also perform better in terms of performance per watt. In addition to the architecture, the Renoir family also doubles the core count of the last generation offerings with the addition of 6 core and 8 core options.

On the graphics side, AMD has entrusted the Ryzen 4000 Renoir APU family with its Vega graphics architecture. But this isn't just any Vega, the new graphics core features an updated 7nm process node and much higher per core performance. According to Robert Hallock from AMD, each Vega CU on th Ryzen 4000 APU provides 59% higher performance and clock speeds are boosted too.

Another big change for the Ryzen 4000 Renoir APUs would be their package design. Unlike the 3rd Gen Ryzen CPUs (Matisse) which feature a chiplet design, the Ryzen 4000 Renoir APUs will utilize a monolithic design. The monolithic design will deliver slightly better efficiency than chiplet offerings and also offer a marked improvement in latency & bandwidth numbers. At the same time, the L3 cache on the chips falls down significantly compared to the chiplet offerings.