GIGABYTE has just released a new UEFI firmware update for motherboards with Socket AM5 with the AMD AGESA ComboAM5 PI 1.1.0.1a microcode. This latest version of AGESA would have raised the possibility that some of the upcoming desktop APUs Ryzen 8000G by AMD are based on silicon Hawk Point and not in Phoenix Point.
Socket AM5 and other AMD sockets
AMD launched its Ryzen 8040 Hawk Point mobile processors earlier this month, featuring a faster NPU to deliver up to a 40% performance boost in AI applications over the “Phoenix” series. But Hawk Point is essentially identical to Phoenix, except the NPU clock speed has been increased.
Hints of future Hawk Point APUs for AM5
If AMD were building some of its desktop Ryzen 8000G APU models on Hawk Point, this would be the first solid indication that AMD is taking the lead. AI Ryzen to the desktop platform. They would be the first Ryzen 8000G for desktops with an NPU, which so far they have only been announced for laptops.
AMD is expected to make at least two APU models based on the Hawk Point silicon. It would be the Ryzen 7 8700G and Ryzen 5 8600G. The lower models, the 8500G and Ryzen 3 8300G, would be based on the smaller Phoenix 2, with a hybrid CPU that combines two Zen 4 cores with up to four cores. Zen 4c. As with the Intel Core Alder Lake, when combined they have performance cores and efficiency cores.
Zen 4c cores may feature identical instruction set architecture and IPC as regular cores. But the Zen 4c has strict limits and runs at lower clock speeds.
