AMD Mendocino 6nm APUs – Zen 2 architecture and RDNA 2 graphics
Red Company Has a plan To launch AMD Mendocino 6nm APUs with both Zen 2 and RDNA 2 architectures in the fourth quarter of 2022 for mid-range laptops.
In fact, before we see the Ryzen 7000 series of laptops codenamed Draong Range and Phoenix with Zen 4 cores, the Red Team plans to release models with Zen 2 refresh cores that have 6nm technology. The interesting combination of Zen 2 and RDNA 2 graphics architecture will be revealed in the fourth season.
AMD Mendocino 6nm APUs
The AMD Mendocino series will feature up to four eight-core cores, which clearly indicates that it is not built for high-end systems. Instead, the system will be on-chip for low-power laptops that promise more than 10 hours of battery life.
AMD predicts that laptops based on the Mendocino architecture will be priced from 399 to 699. Such systems can be based on Windows operating system or even ChromeOS. Mendocino, as mentioned, uses Zen 2 cores with TSMC 6-nanometer manufacturing technology. Of course, we already saw the Steam Deck handheld APU codenamed Van Gogh, which had the same combination (Zen 2 / RDNA 2).
| Architecture | Zen 3 | Zen 3 Plus | Zen 4 | Zen 5 |
| Server | EPYC 7003 Milan 7 nm | – | EPYC 7004 Genoa / Bergamo | EPYC 7005 Turin 3 nm |
| Workstation / HEDT | Threadripper 5000 Chagall 7 nm | – | Threadripper 7000 Unknown 5 nm | Unknown |
| desktop | Ryzen 5000 Vermeer 7 nm | – | Ryzen 7000 Raphael 5 nm | Ryzen 8000 Granite Ridge 3 nm |
| Laptop (powerful) | Ryzen 5000H Cezanne 7 nm | Ryzen 6000H Rembrandt 6 nm | Ryzen 7000H Dragon Range / Phoenix 5 nm | Ryzen 8000H Strix Point 3 nm |
| Laptop (low consumption) | Ryzen 5000U Cezanne 7 nm | Ryzen 6000U Rembrandt 6 nm | Ryzen 7000U Phoenix 5 nm Ryzen x000 Mendocino 6 nm | Unknown |
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