CES 2024: AMD Ryzen 8000G AI CPUs Unveiled; New Ryzen 5000 GT for AM4, Too!

Jan. 9, 2024

Along with this, AMD also unveiled new Ryzen 5000 series processors, bringing several new upgrade options for people still on the AM4 platform with B450, X570, and other motherboards. First, let’s discuss the brand newRyzen 8000G!

AMD Ryzen AI & Neural Processing Unit (NPU) on Ryzen 8000G

This new lineup of processors, the first to launch under AMD’s Ryzen 8000 series, includes a brand newNPU. NPU stands for Neural Processing Unit, and essentially, this new desktop processor comes with the latestAI capabilitiesthanks to AMD’s Ryzen AI platform.

This dedicated NPU AI engine on Ryzen 8000G helps users accelerate several AI workloads on the fly. This reduces our reliance on the cloud and allows for more low-latency AI models to run locally on the PC. AMD says several exciting ‘AI experiences’ are unlocked thanks to the inclusion of the NPU. Here is one demo by AMD showingYoloV8 Object Detectionrunning on a Ryzen AI-powered PC.

AMD is calling these next-generation desktop processors capable of extreme PC Gaming. I think that is a little exaggerated, but I do agree with the company’s claim of playing the latest games at Full HD resolution without even having a dedicated graphics card! These Ryzen 8000G processorsareAPUsand nottraditional CPUs.

All of the Ryzen 8000G processors will featuredecent graphics performance,especially given their price and the fact that it’s all happening on one processor! As you can see, only the Ryzen 5 8600G & Ryzen 7 8700G get the APU, while other processors don’t.

Speaking of the AMD Ryzen 5000 series, it is still a very popular CPU generation among gamers. AM4 motherboards have been coming for a long time, and even B450 motherboards can support new 3D V-Cache processors such as the previously unveiled Ryzen 7 5800X3D. The 3D V-Cache CPUs have garnered tons of attention from gamers, as they are quite powerful & provide super high-frame rates in games.

Now, AMD has launched aRyzen 7 5700X3Dand also a non-3D Ryzen 7 5700, whichpreviously popped up. This new 3D processor is a bit more affordable (as compared to5800X3D) and has 96MB of L3 Cache to facilitate high performance in gaming.

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