AMD does not forget the gamers who prefer the laptop to a desktop computer or those who use the laptop to work. The Ryzen 7 4800H processor presented at CES 2020 has been developed for this audience. A high-performance solution that is complemented by SmartShift technology, which provides improved performance for both.
AMD has gone to CES 2020 with all the artillery, of course, presenting their best products. Although the new processors belong to the Ryzen 4000 family, they are based on the Zen2 @ 7nm architecture. They are a much more efficient solution than the Zen + @ 12nm architecture processors, improving especially in consumption, increasing autonomy.
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On the specifications of this laptop, it should be noted that it has 8 cores and 16 threads. This processor works at a base frequency of 2.9GHz and arrives in Boost mode at 4.2GHz, not having integrated graphics. This processor has a 45W TDP, which is not bad at all.
It lacks integrated graphics due to the fact that AMD iGPUs are quite weak for AAA games, they are intended for discrete gaming and eSports titles. It is intended to work in tandem with dedicated graphics cards, especially AMD graphics.
The first processor to implement the Ryzen 7 4800H will be the ASUS RoG Zephyrus G14, a curious 14-inch laptop. It has been developed for gaming, but it has a unique feature, a customizable rear display. The first time we see this feature on a laptop, which is not really very useful, but it is striking.
The new SmartShift technology
AMD has not given much information regarding SmartShift technology, but it seems to be an evolution of CrossFire. As we have been able to understand, it allows the joint computing of the iGPU and the dedicated GPU. Using Inifity Fabric, it would create a virtual bridge between the two to perform graphical computing together.
This technology in synthetic benchmark would offer up to 12% more performance in Cinebench R20. It has also shown images of an improvement of between 6-10FPS in games, of which we do not have capture, because in some moments they only showed 2 seconds characteristics and data. A shame
The first laptops to arrive with this latest technology will be the Dell G5 SE, which will be available in Q2 2020 and will start at $ 799.
