A fresh Geekbench result gives us a possible first look at an upcoming high-end model from the red camp for laptops – the Ryzen 9 7845HX
AMD is expected to face a significant challenge from Intel also in the new generation of mobile processors, when according to a large number of testimonies the Raptor Lake flagship model will include no less than 24 physical processing cores, just like in the desktop market – but AMD is also preparing at least one surprise in the mobile generation of 2023, it seems, when the maximum number of 8 processing cores from the Ryzen 5000 and Ryzen 6000 generations was inherited by the Ryzen 9 7845HX model, which according to the database of the game/performance test Ashes of the Singularity has 24 physical cores and 24 logical cores.
A quick look at the company’s Zen 4 desktop offering within the Ryzen 7000 family makes it clear that 24 physical cores without SMT technology is an extremely unlikely possibility – and therefore it is very likely that this is a simple error of reading the data in the application, when in practice this is a processor for laptops with 12 4 physical Zen cores and SMT technology that turns them into 24 logical cores.
The result of the graphics performance test for the processor model in question was performed with a built-in Radeon graphics core, and therefore is not particularly impressive and does not provide us with any more juicy details about the future product – but what does ignite the imagination is the fact that within the framework of the change in the branding method for processors announced by AMD not long ago We also revealed the existence of an even more advanced model, the Ryzen 9 7945HX, which is expected to be the flagship product in the Dragon Range family with a basic power envelope of 55 watts and with… 16 physical Zen 4 cores?
This is purely speculation at this point, as long as we haven’t seen a hint of the 7945HX’s capabilities in any performance test or leaked slide, but a significant increase in the number of processing cores at the cutting edge of the mobile world sounds like a necessary step, with rival Intel expected to have its own senior mobile processor with no less From 24 physical processing cores and 32 logical cores.
It will be interesting to continue to follow hints about AMD’s mobile Ryzen 7000 processors in the coming weeks, before the planned investment in early January 2023 – and after that happens it will be very interesting to find out whether processors with 12 cores and 16 cores under a narrow and dense power envelope are even a good idea , or they will have a very hard time bringing their advantages to light against 8-core models with greater support and distribution.