AMD announces first Ryzen desktop chips with Vega graphics, teases future roadmap

As CES 2022 kicks off, AMD is preparing fans for the time to come of Ryzen with a look at its roadmap for the years ahead. In improver, the company has announced a pair of low-cost desktop APUs that combine a Zen core with Vega graphics, new mobile processors with Vega graphics, and more.

The most timely reveal is that of the beginning Ryzen desktop chips to integrate graphics built on AMD's latest, the Vega compages. The two chips, dubbed Ryzen v 2400G and Ryzen 3 2200G, offer up budget options for those looking to build a low-cost gaming PC. The two chips won't appeal to anyone wanting to push modern games to their fullest, but, at $169 for the Ryzen v chip and $99 for the Ryzen 3 fleck, they do represent a good option for fans of Squad Red on the low end.

In terms of specs, the Ryzen five 2400G with Radeon Vega Graphics is outfitted with iv CPU cores, eight threads, and a boost clock of iii.9GHz. In terms of graphical power, you lot're looking at xi compute units and a max GPU clock of 1250MHz. The Ryzen three 2200G with Radeon Vega Graphics, on the other manus, packs 4 CPU cores and 4 threads, with a max boost clock of 3.7GHz. That's padded by 8 graphics compute units and a 1100MHz max GPU clock. Both chips are expected to be available starting Feb 12.

In terms of what's coming downward the thruway, AMD says that we tin can expect the Vega family to expand to include a new Radeon Vega mobile GPU for ultrathin notebooks in 2022. Also, a Vega GPU build specifically for machine learning applications volition exist the showtime 7nm AMD product, the company says. Looking forward, work on the next Zen cadre, Zen 2, is already well underway. AMD says the blueprint is complete and it will "improve on the award-winning Zen design in multiple dimensions." Every bit for what that means in terms of a performance increase over current Ryzen CPUs, we'll have to wait and see. Expect Zen ii to debut quondam in 2022. In the meantime, PC World reports that an interim update, Zen+, is planned for later in 2022, but official details are light.

If you lot're looking to pick up Ryzen processors that are available now, there'south good news asa well. AMD has announced permanent price cuts (via PC World) to products in its Threadripper, Ryzen 7, and Ryzen five lines, dropping some prices significantly. For example, the high-end Threadripper 1900X is now $449, down from $549. Also, the Ryzen 7 1800X has dropped from $499 to $349, while the Ryzen 5 1600X has moved from $249 to $219. Y'all tin view the full cuts in the chart below.

With those price drops, AMD has essentially upped the dues against Intel in terms of toll for performance.

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