AMD Ryzen 4000 desktop APUs will be here in Q3 2020

Enlarge / Ryzen 4000 desktop CPUs are here-but they don't look like the follow-up breakthrough many readers have been hoping for. (credit: AMD)

This morning, AMD announced the next big thing for its Ryzen desktop CPU line-the Ryzen 4000 series, slated to arrive in Q3 2020.

Those of you who have been waiting breathlessly for Zen 3 architecture will need to keep waiting-Ryzen 4000 desktop CPUs are still built on 7nm, Zen 2 architecture. There also don't appear to be any performance recordbreakers in Ryzen 4000's desktop lineup: the highest-end SKU announced is the 65W 8 core / 16 thread Ryzen 7 Pro 4750G.

Instead, AMD is taking solid aim at rival Intel's chokehold on the office PC market. Every single one of the 18 new processor SKUs announced features integrated Radeon graphics-and nine of the 18 are "GE" suffix CPUs, meaning only 35W TDP. Both of these features are highly desirable in either home-office or business environments-Radeon integrated graphics are good enough for anything short of high-end content creation or gaming, and lower TDP means lower power bills and lower cooling bills as well in hotter climates.

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