AMD Debuts Ryzen 7045 Dragon Range Enthusiast & Ryzen 7040 Phoenix Laptop CPUs With Zen 4 & RDNA 3

Hassan Mujtaba
AMD Downgrades Ryzen 7040 "Phoenix" Laptop CPUs Ahead of Launch: Lower GPU Clocks, Cut-Down Features 1

AMD starts 2023 with the launch of its latest Ryzen 7045 Dragon Range & Ryzen 7040 Phoenix Mobility CPUs with Zen 4 & RDNA 3 cores for laptops.

AMD Ryzen 7045 'Dragon Range' & Ryzen 7040 'Phoenix' Mobility CPUs Official: Zen 4 & RDNA 3 For Laptops

AMD kicked off its Ryzen 7000 Mobility portfolio with the introduction of the Mendocino CPUs last year and today, they are introducing two new families, the Ryzen 7045 'Dragon Range' and Ryzen 7040 'Phoenix' CPUs. The current AMD Ryzen 7000 Mobility product stack is as below:

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  • Mendocino (Ryzen 7020 Series) - Everyday Computing
  • Barcelo-R (Ryzen 7030 Series) - Mainstream Thin & Light
  • Rembrandt-R (Ryzen 7035 Series) - Premium Thin & Light
  • Phoenix Point (Ryzen 7040 Series) - Elite Ultrathin
  • Dragon Range (Ryzen 7045 Series) - Extreme Gaming & Creator
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AMD Dragon Range "Ryzen 7045" Series Mobility CPUs

The AMD Dragon Range CPUs will be aimed at the high-performance segment with more cores, threads, &  cache than what AMD has offered us previously while Phoenix Point will be aimed at the thin and light laptop segment. The Dragon Range CPUs will have a TDP rating of around 55W-75W+ while Phoenix Point will have TDPs of around 35-45W. The 55W TDP is for the base configuration and we can expect the chip to be configurable up to 75W for laptop designs with high-end cooling and bigger form factors.

AMD has introduced a total of four new SKUs within its Dragon Range lineup which include the Ryzen 9 7945HX with 16 cores and 32 threads, the Ryzen 9 7845HX with 12 cores and 24 threads, the Ryzen 7 7745HX with 8 cores and 16 threads, and lastly, the Ryzen 5 7645HX with 6 cores and 12 threads.

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Compared to the AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, the new flagship Ryzen 9 7945HX CPU delivers up to an 18% increase in single-threaded and a 78% increase in multi-threaded performance while also offering up to 62% increase in gaming performance.

AMD Phoenix Point "Ryzen 7040" Series Mobility CPUs

AMD confirmed its Phoenix Point APU lineup which will utilize both Zen 4 and RDNA 3 cores. The new Phoenix APUs will carry LPDDR5 and PCIe 5 support and come in SKUs ranging from 35W to 45W. AMD has also pointed out that the laptop parts may include memory technologies aside from LPDDR5 and DDR5. The CPUs will be outfitted with the latest AMD XDNA AI engines

For today's launch, AMD is introducing a total of three SKUs, the Ryzen 9 7940HS being the flagship. This chip features 8 cores, 16 threads, a base clock of 4.0 GHz, a boost clock of 5.2 GHz, a 40 MB total cache, and an integrated RDNA 3 GPU with 12 Compute Units operating at up to 3000 MHz. The follow-up to this is the 7840HS & which also comes with a similar core configuration but lower clock speeds of 3.8 GHz base and 5.1 GHz boost clocks.

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There's also the Ryzen 5 7640HS which comes with 6 cores, 12 threads with a base clock of 4.3 GHz, a boost clock of 5.0 GHz, 38 MB of cache, and an iGPU with 8 Compute Units running at 2900 MHz. The first laptops with the AMD Ryzen 7040 'Phoenix' CPUs are expected to ship in March 2023.

AMD Ryzen 7000 CPU Lineup (Official):

CPU NameFamilyProcess NodeArchitectureCores / ThreadsBase / Boost ClockL3 CacheiGPUiGPU ClockTDP
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HXDragon Range-H5nmZen 416/322.5 / 5.4 GHz64 MBRadeon 610M (RDNA 2 2 CU)400 MHz55-75W+
AMD Ryzen 9 7845HXDragon Range-H5nmZen 412/243.0 / 5.2 GHz64 MBRadeon 610M (RDNA 2 2 CU)400 MHz45-75W+
AMD Ryzen 7 7745HXDragon Range-H5nmZen 48/163.6 / 5.1 GHz32 MBRadeon 610M (RDNA 2 2 CU)400 MHz45-75W+
AMD Ryzen 7 7645HXDragon Range-H5nmZen 46/124.0 / 5.0 GHz32 MBRadeon 610M (RDNA 2 2 CU)400 MHz45-75W+
AMD Ryzen 7 7940HSPhoenix-H4nmZen 48/164.0 / 5.2 GHz16 MBRadeon 780M (RDNA 3 12 CU)3000 MHz35-45W
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HSPhoenix-H4nmZen 48/163.8 / 5.1 GHz16 MBRadeon 780M (RDNA 3 12 CU)2900 MHz35-45W
AMD Ryzen 5 7640HSPhoenix-H4nmZen 46/124.3 / 5.0 GHz16 MBRadeon 760M (RDNA 3 8 CU)2800 MHz35-45W
AMD Ryzen 5 7640UPhoenix-U4nmZen 46/12TBD16 MBRadeon 700MTBD15-28W
AMD Ryzen 7 7735HSRembrandt-R6nmZen 3+8/163.2 / 4.7 GHz16 MBRadeon 680M (RDNA 2 12 CU)2200 MHz35W+
AMD Ryzen 5 7535HSRembrandt-R6nmZen 3+6/123.3 / 4.5 GHz16 MBRadeon 660M (RDNA 2 6 CU)1900 MHz35W+
AMD Ryzen 7 7736URembrandt-R6nmZen 3+8/162.7 / 4.7 GHz16 MBRadeon 680M (RDNA 2 12 CU)2200 MHz15-28W
AMD Ryzen 7 7735URembrandt-R6nmZen 3+8/162.7 / 4.7 GHz16 MBRadeon 680M (RDNA 2 12 CU)2200 MHz15-28W
AMD Ryzen 5 7535URembrandt-R6nmZen 3+6/122.9 / 4.5 GHz16 MBRadeon 660M (RDNA 2 6 CU)1900 MHz15-28W
AMD Ryzen 3 7335URembrandt-R6nmZen 3+4/83.0 / 4.3 GHz8 MBRadeon 660M (RDNA 2 4 CU)1800 MHz15-28W
AMD Ryzen 7 7730UBarcelo-R7nmZen 38/162.0 / 4.5 GHz16 MBRadeon Vega 12 CU2000 MHz15-28W
AMD Ryzen 5 7530UBarcelo-R7nmZen 36/122.0 / 4.5 GHz16 MBRadeon Vega 6 CU2000 MHz15-28W
AMD Ryzen 3 7330UBarcelo-R7nmZen 34/82.3 / 4.3 GHz8 MBRadeon Vega 4 CU1800 MHz15-28W
AMD Ryzen 5 7520UMendocino-U6nmZen 24 / 82.8 / 4.3 GHz6 MBRadeon 610M (RDNA 2 2 CU)1900 MHz15-28W
AMD Ryzen 3 7420UMendocino-U6nmZen 24 / 8TBD8 MBRadeon 610M (RDNA 2 2 CU)1900 MHz15-28W
AMD Ryzen 3 7320UMendocino-U6nmZen 24 / 82.4 / 4.1 GHz8 MB?Radeon 610M (RDNA 2 2 CU)1900 MHz15-28W
AMD Athlon Gold 7220UMendocino-U6nmZen 22 / 42.4 / 3.7 GHz4 MB?Radeon 610M (RDNA 2 2 CU)1900 MHz15-28W
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