Ryzen 8000hx Alias Dragon Range Refresh: AMD gives new names and 100 MHz 13 comments
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AMD sends “new” notebook processors with the best-known technical properties of the predecessors under the name Ryzen 8000HX Alias Dragon Range Refresh. The CPUs continue to consist of a Zen 4 CPU and RDNA-2 graphics unit, with one of the CPUs coming with higher clock rates.
New CPUs were already suspected in January
As already assumed in January, when the new Fire HX (3D) line was officially presented by AMD, but at the same time there were rumors in Asia, that there could also be a Dragon Range refresh, the “new” CPU models listen to the names Ryzen 9 8945HX, Ryzen 7 8840hx and Ryzen 7 8745HX. The new, barely modified edition follows the Ryzen 9 7945Hx, Ryzen 9 7940Hx, Ryzen 7 7840HX and Ryzen 7 7745HX presented in spring 2023.
Single processor with more turbo clock
AMD probably decided not to have a big idea at scale due to the minor changes. Technically the CPUs are almost identical to the Dragon line predecessors, AMD has only made a minimal change on top of a Zen 4 processor, as shown in the following table. So the names are new, only the Ryzen 9 8940Hx offers more turbo clock compared to the Ryzen 9 7940Hx 100 MHz. AMD has completely taken over all other specifications.
Modell CodeName CPU Kerne /
Threads Basic Turbotakt Grafik Graphic Beat L2 + L3 TDP Ryzen 9 8945hx Dragon Range
Refresh Zen 4 (5nm) 16/32 2.5 GHz 5.4 GHz rDNA 2, 2 CUS 2.2 GHz 80 MB 55+ W Ryzen 9 8940
Refresh Zen 4 (5nm) 16/32 2.4 GHz 5.3 GHz rDNA 2, 2 CUS 2.2 GHz 80 Mb 55+ W ryzen 9 7940hx Dragon Range Zen 4 (5 nm) 16/32 2.4 GHz 5.2 GHz RDNA 2, 2 Cus 2.2 GHZ 80 mb 55+W Ryzen 7 8840
Refresh Zen 4 (5nm) 12/24 2.9GHz 5.1GHz rDNA 2, 2 CUS 2.2GHz 76Mb 45+ W Ryzen 7 7840Hx Dragon Range zen 4 (5nm)
Refresh Zen 4 (5 nm) 8/16 3.6 GHz 5.1 GHz RDNA 2, 2 CUS 2.2 GHz 40 Mb 45+ W Ryzen 7 7745Hx Dragon Range Zen 4 (5 nm) 8/16 3.6 GHz 5.1 GHz rDNA 2, 2 Cus 2.2 GHz 40 mb 45+ W
For cheaper premium notebooks with DGPU
The new processors for “premium notebooks” are designed, as AMD describes. Specifically, due to the rather small Radeon 610m (rDNA 2), you should be aimed at 2 CUS for notebooks with a discrete graphics card, which can be offered more cheaply than the new Fire Range HX and Fire Range HX3D, which already combine them with the same old ZEN-5 CPUS of 4-nm production.
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