AMD’s new Mendocino APU specifications have been leaked, which will be the basis of future entry-level Athlon + Ryzen 5 laptops later this year.
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The upcoming AMD Mendocino APU will include a 4-core, 8-core Zen 2-based CPU with RDNA 2 GPU cores, with the APU made to TSMC’s new 6 nm process node. AMD’s new Mendocino APU is already powering Ayaneo’s new Air Plus handheld console, which will be launched later this year.
AMD is upgrading its Zen 2 CPU cores and RDNA 2 GPUs to the Mendocino APU, optimized to the 6nm TSMC node, and adding 4MB of L3 cache. We expect up to 10 hours of battery life, with active cooling inside future laptops, as passive designs at Mendocino require more engineering … and would increase the cost of the laptop for the consumer.
The new AMD Mendocino APUs will be compatible with the new “Sonoma Valley” platform based on the FT6 (BGA) socket. A single WGP (Work Group Processor) will have up to two computing units, or a total of 128 stream processors. We reportedly see 128 KB of graphics cache inside, but make no mistake, this is not Infinity Cache.
- Up to 4 8-core Zen 2 CPU cores
- Up to 2 RDNA 2 GPU cores with 128 SP
- Up to 4 MB of L2 cache
- Up to 128 KB of GPU cache
- 2 32-bit LPDDR5 channels (up to 32 GB of memory)
- 4 lanes PCIe Gen 3.0
We will also have two 32-bit memory channels that include support for up to 32GB of LPDDR5 memory, four display pipes (allowing 1 x eDP, 1 x DP and 2 x USB Type-C outputs) with the latest VCN. Engine 3.0 and AV1 + VP9 decoding capabilities.
In terms of I / O, we have 2 USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C ports, 1 USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A port, 2 USB 2.0 ports and a single USB 2.0 port that connects for 4 x GPP. PCIe 3.0 lanes.