AMD Ryzen 6000 APU desktop version only supports DDR5
At this year’s CES 2022 show, AMD released the Ryzen 6000 APUs. This Zen 3+ architecture product, code-named Rembrandt, has attracted the attention of many consumers. In addition to further optimization of the original Zen 3 architecture, the new generation of APU is equipped with an RDNA 2 architecture core. It supports USB 4, PCIe 4.0, and LPDDR5/DDR5 memory at the same time, and is manufactured with 6nm process and replaced with FP7 socket, with up to 8 cores and 16 threads, and the highest frequency reaches 5.0 GHz. With many new technology features, the overall specifications of the Ryzen 6000 series APU have been qualitatively improved.
Ryzen 6000 APUs are currently limited to mobile platforms, and many consumers are also expecting a new generation of products to appear on desktop platforms. According to TomsHardware, David McAfee, AMD vice president, and general manager of the customer channel business said, when the Ryzen 6000 APUs will be introduced to the next-generation AM5 platform is one of the issues AMD is considering, which will be premised on the supply and price stability of DDR5 memory. McAfee believes that DDR5 memory and RDNA 2 architecture core are the best partners, and the higher bandwidth of the new generation of memory will be conducive to GPU performance.
AMD’s attitude also shows that on desktop platforms, Ryzen 6000 APUs only support DDR5 memory. This is different from Intel’s approach. Alder Lake-S supports both DDR4 and DDR5 memory. In the period when DDR5 memory is immature, this approach seems more appropriate. Due to shortages in the global semiconductor supply chain and the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic, the supply of DDR5 memory continues to be tight and prices remain high.
AMD will release Ryzen 7000 CPUs in the second half of 2022. This Zen 4 architecture processor codenamed Raphael will be the first product to use the AM5 platform. According to AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su, the new AM5 platform will be the same long-time platform as the AM4 platform.
