AMD’s trim APUs in the FP8 package are exclusive to Lenovo

AMD’s thrifty Zen 4 APUs from the Ryzen 7000 (“Phoenix”) series are customized exclusively for the slim Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 Gen 8 ultrabook as the S models in the larger FP8 package. However, the AMD Ryzen 7 7840S and Ryzen 5 7640S only have slight differences in the U models.

Ryzen 7 7840S and Ryzen 5 7640S are dedicated APUs

The AMD Ryzen 7 7840S and Ryzen 5 7640S will be used exclusively by Lenovo as “custom silicon” for now, but have not been officially introduced by AMD. However, it can be assumed that cTDP again decreased slightly. Lenovo has time and again exclusive custom chipsets released by AMD, as recently AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 6860Z processor For the professional ThinkPad Z device aimed at content creators.

AMD Ryzen 7 7840S and Ryzen 5 7640S in Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 Gen 8
Source: Lenovo


the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 Gen 8 It can already be configured on the Dutch Lenovo website.

The FP8 package accommodates a fast interface

So far, only the S models are known to be based on the larger FP8 package, while the known U models use the smaller FP7 package. Because of the unloading package, a Serial Camera Interface 2 (“MIPI CSI-2”), a particularly fast interface for connecting to a webcam, can be integrated into a dedicated APU. hardware references”Upgrade the golden pigAlready posted comparison photos of the two packages on Bilibili.

AMD Ryzen 7000S in FP8 Package, AMD Ryzen 7000U in FP7 Package
Source: Golden Pig Upgrade via Bilibili


Moreover, it will likely be a variant of the Ryzen 7000U specifically optimized for high efficiency, which will only be used as a dedicated auxiliary APU in particularly light and thin laptops, including the new and upcoming Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 Gen 8. Lenovo Yoga Air 14S, for example, comes to use.

“The Yoga series computer is powered by a custom-made Ryzen 7 7840S processor, which is an FP8-packed version of the regular Ryzen 7 7840U processor. The Ryzen 7 7840S processor is a high-performance processor designed for thin and light laptops.”

Lenovo

Functionally and in terms of clock frequencies, the Ryzen 7 7840S and Ryzen 5 7640S seem to be identical to the already well-known Ryzen 7 7840U and Ryzen 5 7640U. However, it is likely that AMD will give its exclusive partner Lenovo a slightly wider range of cTDP, which will be useful for ultrabooks.

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source: Lenovo, Golden Pig upgrade via Bilibili