AMD has officially introduced its latest Ryzen 8000 APUs codenamed Hawk Point, which refreshes the existing Ryzen 7000 “Phoenix” APUs.
AMD Ryzen 8000 “Hawk Point” APUs Official With Ryzen 8045 & Ryzen 8040 Families: Refreshed Zen 4 & RDNA 3 Chips With Upgraded XDNA “AI” NPU
Today at the AMD “Advanced AI” event, the company unveiled its Ryzen 8000 APU lineup which is codenamed Hawk Point. For those who have been following our recent coverages of Hawk Point, this new family is a refresh of the Ryzen 7000 “Phoenix” lineup released earlier this year.
AMD Ryzen 8040 Series processors are the latest to join the powerful Ryzenb Series processor portfolio and are expected to be broadly available from leading OEMs including Acer, Asus, Dell, HP, Lenovo, and Razer, beginning in Q1 2024.
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The Ryzen 8000 “Hawk Point” APUs are designed for client and consumer PCs, mainly targeting the laptop and notebook segment. Still, there will be additional Ryzen 8000 SKUs for laptops & high-end notebooks in the coming year in the form of Strix Point.
As for what to expect from AMD’s Ryzen 8000 “Hawk Point” APU family, the lineup comes with the same Zen 4 CPU core architecture, the same RDNA 3 graphics core architecture, and very similar SKUs. The lineup is split into three segments, we first have the high-end Ryzen 8045HS APUs which will be the cream of the crop with the highest clock speeds, we then have the more mainstream Ryzen 8040HS SKUs and finally, we have the Ryzen 8040U which are entry-level SKUs designed for power-optimized platforms. To sum up the Ryzen 8000 “Hawk Point” family, you are looking at:
- 4nm Zen 4 CPU Architecture
- RDNA 3 GPU Architecture
- Standard & Hybrid SKUs
- Up To 8 Cores / 16 Threads
- Up To Radeon 780M iGPU (12 Compute Units)
- Up To 5.2 GHz Clock Speeds
- Upgraded XDNA NPU
- Up To 16 TOPs For AI Compute
- TDPs Ranging From 15-54W
- Q1 2024 Launch For PCs
AMD Ryzen 8045HS “Hawk Point” APUs – 35-54W SKUs
There are a total of 9 Ryzen 8000 SKUs within the AMD Hawk Point family. First up, we have the Ryzen 8045HS SKUs which include the Ryzen 9 8945HS, Ryzen 7 8845HS, & the Ryzen 5 8645HS. These three chips have the same specifications as their Ryzen 9 7940HS, Ryzen 7 7840HS & Ryzen 5 7640HS SKUs with up to 8/6 cores, Radeon 780M/760M iGPUs, up to 5.2 GHz clock speeds, 16 MB total L3 cache and 35-54W TDPs.
AMD Ryzen 8040HS “Hawk Point” APUs – 20-30W SKUs
Moving down to the AMD Ryzen 8040HS SKUs, we have the Ryzen 7 8840HS and the Ryzen 5 8640HS. These two SKUs are designed as low-power offerings with 20-30W targets. The Ryzen 7 8840HS APU features 8 cores, 16 threads, 16 MB cache, a Radeon 780M iGPU, and up to 5.1 GHz clock speeds while the Ryzen 5 8640HS APU features 6 cores, 12 threads, 16 MB L3 cache, the Radeon 760M iGPU and up to 4.9 GHz clocks. These chips will come with lower base clocks and feature additional thermal/power limits to meet the requirements of power-constrained PCs.
AMD Ryzen 8040U “Hawk Point” APUs – 15-30W SKUs
Lastly, we have the AMD Ryzen 8040U SKUs which are once again the same configurations as the Ryzen 7040U SKUs. There are four SKUs which include the Ryzen 7 8840U, Ryzen 5 8640U, Ryzen 5 8540U, and the Ryzen 3 8440U. The 8540U and 8440U lack an NPU since they are based on the smaller hybrid die which incorporates Zen 4 and Zen 4C cores. These low-power solutions don’t necessitate the inclusion of a dedicated XDNA NPU hence it is not available. These SKUs also come with just Radeon 740M iGPUs which packs 4 compute units.
Coming to the advantages of using the smaller Zen 4C cores, the most obvious one is the smaller die size which leads to higher density and increased power efficiency. AMD states that Zen 4C cores offer:
Efficiency:
- Smaller cores with the same IPC can use less power to give more performance below 15W.
Scalability For Premium:
- Smaller cores with the same IPC open up potential future core count increases in the premium segment.
Scalability For Entry-Level:
- Smaller cores with the same IPC allow AMD to deliver more options for consumers.
One major purpose of this renewed and refreshed AMD Ryzen 8000 “Hawk Point” APU family is to attract buyers into the AI PC ecosystem. The upcoming version of Windows, Windows 12, is expected to be a big deal when it comes to AI and rumors have highlighted that one of the major requirements will be a dedicated NPU with enough TOPs to handle the AI processing features of the new OS.
As such, AMD has upgraded the NPU on these new APUs to offer up to 16 TOPs of AI compute. This marks an increase of 60% and AMD itself has touted a 40% increase in performance using Llama 2 and Vision Models. AMD is also working on fine-tuning its ML and AI performance through drivers & various refinements to its Ryzen AI software suite.
The AMD Ryzen 8000 “Hawk Point” APUs will be available on various laptops in Q1 2024. The company is also expected to do another major notebook APU unveil at CES 2024 so stay tuned for more action in 2024.
AMD Ryzen 7040 “Phoenix” & Ryzen 8040 “Hawk Point” Laptop APUs:
| CPU Name | Family | Process Node | Cores / Threads | Base / Boost Clock | L3 Cache | iGPU | iGPU Clock | TDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryzen 9 8945HS | Hawk Point-H | 4nm Zen 4 | 8/16 | 4.0 / 5.2 GHz | 16 MB | Radeon 780M (RDNA 3 12 CU) | 2800 MHz | 35-54W |
| Ryzen 7 8845HS | Hawk Point-H | 4nm Zen 4 | 8/16 | TBD / 5.1 GHz | 16 MB | Radeon 780M (RDNA 3 12 CU) | 2700 MHz | 35-54W |
| Ryzen 7 8840HS | Hawk Point-H | 4nm Zen 4 | 8/16 | 3.8 / 5.1 GHz | 16 MB | Radeon 780M (RDNA 3 12 CU) | 2700 MHz | 20-30W |
| Ryzen 5 8645HS | Hawk Point-H | 4nm Zen 4 | 6/12 | 4.3 / 5.0 GHz | 16 MB | Radeon 760M (RDNA 3 8 CU) | 2700 MHz | 35-54W |
| Ryzen 5 8640HS | Hawk Point-H | 4nm Zen 4 | 6/12 | TBD / 4.9 GHz | 16 MB | Radeon 760M (RDNA 3 8 CU) | 2600 MHz | 20-30W |
| Ryzen 7 8840U | Hawk Point-U | 4nm Zen 4 | 8/16 | 3.3 / 5.1 GHz | 16 MB | Radeon 760M (RDNA 3 8 CU) | 2600 MHz | 15-30W |
| Ryzen 5 8640U | Hawk Point-U | 4nm Zen 4 | 6/12 | 3.5 / 4.9 GHz | 16 MB | Radeon 760M (RDNA 3 8 CU) | 2600 MHz | 15-30W |
| Ryzen 5 8540U | Hawk Point-U | 4nm Zen 4 | 6/12 | 3.2 / 4.9 GHz | 16 MB | Radeon 740M (RDNA 3 4 CU) | 2500 MHz | 15-30W |
| Ryzen 3 8440U | Hawk Point-U | 4nm Zen 4 | 4/8 | 3.0 / 4.7 GHz | 8 MB | Radeon 740M (RDNA 3 4 CU) | 2500 MHz | 15-30W |
| Ryzen 9 7940HS | Phoenix-H | 4nm Zen 4 | 8/16 | 4.0 / 5.2 GHz | 16 MB | Radeon 780M (RDNA 3 12 CU) | 2800 MHz | 35-54W |
| Ryzen 7 7840HS | Phoenix-H | 4nm Zen 4 | 8/16 | 3.8 / 5.1 GHz | 16 MB | Radeon 780M (RDNA 3 12 CU) | 2700 MHz | 35-54W |
| Ryzen 5 7640HS | Phoenix-H | 4nm Zen 4 | 6/12 | 4.3 / 5.0 GHz | 16 MB | Radeon 760M (RDNA 3 8 CU) | 2600 MHz | 35-54W |
| Ryzen 7 7840U | Phoenix-U | 4nm Zen 4 | 8/16 | 3.3 / 5.1 GHz | 16 MB | Radeon 780M (RDNA 3 12 CU) | 2700 MHz | 15-30W |
| Ryzen 5 7640U | Phoenix-U | 4nm Zen 4 | 6/12 | 3.5 / 4.9 GHz | 16 MB | Radeon 760M (RDNA 3 8 CU) | 2600 MHz | 15-30W |
| Ryzen 5 7545U | Phoenix-U | 4nm Zen 4 | 6/12 | 3.2 / 4.9 GHz | 16 MB | Radeon 740M (RDNA 3 4 CU) | 2600 MHz | 15-30W |
| Ryzen 5 7540U | Phoenix-U | 4nm Zen 4 | 6 / 12 | 3.2 / 4.9 GHz | 16 MB | Radeon 740M (RDNA 3 4 CU) | 2600 MHz | 15-30W |
| Ryzen 3 7440U | Phoenix-U | 4nm Zen 4 | 4 / 8 | 3.0 / 4.7 GHz | 8 MB | Radeon 740M (RDNA 3 4 CU) | 2500 MHz | 15-30W |
| Ryzen 3 7440U | Phoenix-U | 4nm Zen 4 | 4 / 8 | 3.0 / 4.7 GHz | 8 MB | Radeon 740M (RDNA 3 4 CU) | 2500 MHz | 15-30W |