AMD Reveals Ryzen 7045 Dragon Range & Ryzen 7040 Phoenix Mobile CPUs

Today AMD unveiled their Ryzen 7000 mobile processor lineup, it’s not all based on Zen 4 architecture though, AMD confirmed what we already knew based on previous reports, only top of the line Ryzen 7045 ‘Dragon Range’ and Ryzen 7040 ‘Phoenix’ will be based on the new Zen 4 architecture, while the rest of the Ryzen 7000 mobile processors will be a mix of older Zen 3+, Zen 3, and Zen 2.

Furthermore, only the Ryzen 7045 ‘Dragon Range’ will be an MCM (Multi-chip module) design, while the rest of Ryzen 7000 lineup including Ryzen 7040 Phoenix will be based on monolithic design.

On top of this, when it comes to integrated graphics, again only the Ryzen 7040 ‘Phoenix’ will use the latest RDNA 3 architecture, while the rest of Ryzen 7000 lineup including Ryzen 7045 will utilize the older RDNA 2 and Ryzen 7030 even using RX Vega architectures for GPU core clusters.

Ryzen 7045 HX-Series ‘Dragon Range’

Just like Intel Raptor Lake mobile HX-series, the Ryzen 7045 HX-series mean business, it’s all about performance in this segment, catered for hardcore gamers and creators, built using 5nm technology with cores powered by the Zen 4 architecture.

The Ryzen 7045 HX-series is a chiplet MCM design, and again just like Intel used CPU dies for its HX-series mobile processors, AMD also uses the same desktop Ryzen 7000 ‘Raphael’ chiplets for its Dragon Range Ryzen 7045HX processors.

The HX-series offer core counts of up 16-cores, led by the flagship 16-core/32-thread Ryzen 9 7945HX, which offers a massive performance upgrade over its last gen predecessors from the Ryzen 9 6900HX mobile series.

The flagship Ryzen 7945HX is followed by the 12-core/24-thread Ryzen 9 7845HX, the 8-core/16-thread Ryzen 7 7745HX, and finally the 6-core/12-thread Ryzen 5 7645HX rounds up the HX-series.

AMD claims that the Ryzen 7045 HX-series offer up to 18% faster single-threaded performance, and up to a staggering 78% faster multi-threaded performance compared to the last-gen Ryzen 6900HX processors. The company also revealed that notebooks powered by the Ryzen 7045HX ‘Dragon Range’ processors will arrive during February.

Ryzen 7040 HS-Series ‘Phoenix Point’

Unlike the 7045HX ‘Dragon Range’ which is built using 5nm MCM design, the Ryzen 7040 ‘Phoenix’ will use 4nm monolithic design, featuring core counts of up 8 cores, built on the Zen 4 core architecture, and utilizes RDNA 3 for its graphics core clusters. The 7040HS processor series are geared towards ultrathin and light laptops.

The Ryzen 7040HS comes in three different flavors, leading this pack is the 8-core/16-thread Ryzen 9 7940HS, which boosts up to 5.2 GHz, followed by another 8-core/16-thread named Ryzen 7 7840HS, with a max boost clocks of up to 5.1 GHz, and then finally the 6-core/12-thread Ryzen 5 7640HS rounds up the 7040 HS-series with max clocks of up to 5.0 GHz. AMD revealed that laptops based on these processors will begin shipping in March 2023.

The Ryzen 7040 series comes in three models targeting the 35-45 W power segment. The lineup is led by the Ryzen 9 7940HS with an 8-core/16-thread CPU, 4.00 GHz base frequency, and 5.20 GHz boost. A notch below this is the Ryzen 7 7840HS, another 8-core/16-thread part, with 3.80 GHz base, and 5.10 GHz boost. The Ryzen 5 7640HS packs a 6-core/12-thread CPU, clock speeds of 4.30 GHz base with 5.00 GHz boost, and 38 MB total cache. The first laptops based on these processors will begin shipping in March 2023.

Ryzen 7035 / 7030 Series

While the Ryzen 7045 and Ryzen 7040 series mobile processors will use the latest ‘Zen 4’ architecture for CPU cores, the same can not be said for the rest of Ryzen 7000 mobile processors.

The Ryzen 7035 series will be a ‘Rembrandt’ refresh, utilizing Zen3+ core architecture for CPU cores, and RDNA 2 architecture for graphics core clusters. Featuring up to 8-cores on the Ryzen 7 7735HS. With a 35 W TDP and max boost clocks of up to 4.75 GHz, these chips are geared to strike a balance between laptop performance and battery life.

The Ryzen 7030 series will be a ‘Barcelo’ refresh with CPU cores based on the ‘Zen 3’ architecture and the older RX Vega for the iGPU, these CPUs might not be the fastest as they are geared towards low-end and entry segment notebooks, and at 15 W TDP they should offer good battery life.