Not wanting to restrict the artificial intelligence market to consumer processors, AMD launched the Ryzen Pro 8000 ‘Phoenix’ series APUs, which are primarily designed for the commercial sector. This is the first professional-grade CPU series to include an NPU designed to provide on-chip AI neural processing capabilities, the company claims. AMD also introduced the Ryzen Pro 8040 ‘Hawk Point’ series mobile processors designed for commercial laptops and notebooks.
Processors utilizing AI-enabled chips are aimed at business-class laptops and workstations. As we have seen in the past, the Pro series is based on AMD’s existing consumer-focused processor models but comes with additional features that adapt them to the commercial market.
With consumer versions of the CPUs, AMD became the first x86 company to bring the AI processing neural processing unit (NPU) to the mobile and desktop market. The same AI acceleration features are now available to commercial users. The red team thus became the first company to offer professional CPUs equipped with NPUs.
What is the Difference of Pro Traders?
Let’s briefly touch on the differences between non-Pro consumer chips and the Ryzen Pro series. The Ryzen Pro 8000 series is the first desktop platform to integrate Microsoft Pluton security features designed to provide protection when connecting to the cloud. Another important security feature is AMD Memory Guard, which encrypts login credentials, keys, and text files stored in DRAM. AMD Pro Security connects the AMD Zen 4 shadow stack and other layers directly to the Windows 11 software ecosystem.
There is another important detail that AMD highlighted: Businesses should run AI workloads locally to reduce privacy concerns by transferring data to and from the cloud. On-chip AI capabilities of the Ryzen AI neural processing unit (NPU) that enable Current generation NPUs embedded in processors are limited in what they can do. But Ryzen AI is a driving factor in AI computing as manufacturers and SDVs look to use AI-accelerated features built into software like Microsoft’s AI-powered Copilot tool. ¶r.
Artificial Intelligence Supported Computers Are Spreading
There are requirements that must be met for a computer to be considered “AI-powered.” Microsoft said that the NPU in AI computers should offer a minimum performance of 45 TOPS. Current generation chips from AMD and Intel cannot currently meet this requirement.
On the desktop side, Intel currently does not have processors that feature NPUs, so the only option is AMD. Intel, which appears in the mobile field with Meteor Lake processors, offers rival options to AMD’s Ryzen 8040 (Hawk Point) processors.
Remarkably, neither AMD nor Intel’s chips can meet Microsoft’s performance requirements of 45 TOPS. However, both companies say that they will meet these demands with their new generation processors codenamed Strix Point and Lunar Lake. The need, set at 45 TOPS, is to enable Microsoft Copilot to run AI elements natively. However, it is unknown how a future Windows update that will enable this functionality will fare on current AMD and Intel processor generations. Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite Arm chips will be released in the middle of the year with 45 TOPS NPU performance. Apple’s M3 processors offer 18 TOPS NPU performance, but Apple’s side has nothing to do with Microsoft’s requirements.
Hardware support for artificial intelligence workloads helps alleviate critical privacy concerns in the commercial field. At the same time, latency, performance and battery life advantages are also offered for AI applications. As a side note, power efficiency can be achieved when an AI task is run on an NPU instead of a GPU.
AMD Ryzen Pro 8000 Desktop Series Features
AMD announced eight new processors with the Pro 8000 series that include the same features as their non-Pro Ryzen 8000G APU counterparts. Two basic types of Ryzen Pro 8000 processors will be available: four with configurable TDP between 45 and 65W and four for lower-power systems For 35W He has TDP. At the head of the series is the Ryzen 7 Pro 8700G, whose basic features are the same as the Ryzen 7 8700G APU, with a base frequency of 4.2 GHz and a boost frequency of up to 1.2 GHz.
The Ryzen 7 Pro 8700GE, which is the 35W version, has a boost frequency of 5.1 GHz, although it has a slower base clock speed of 3.65 GHz. Both models feature AMD’s integrated Radeon 780M (12 CU) mobile graphics solution.
AMD claims that the Ryzen Pro 8000 series offers up to 19% better performance than Intel’s 14th generation Core series processors. The rival of Ryzen 7 Pro 8700G is determined as Core i7-14700. While a 47% difference was mentioned in the Passmark 11 test, it was emphasized that the graphics performance was 3 times better in 3D Mark Time Spy.
| core / Ä°ÅŸ Par. |
Base Freq. |
Boost Freq. |
L3 cache |
iGPU | TDP | |
| Ryzen 7 Pro 8700G | 8 / 16 | 4200 | 5100 | 16MB | R780M (12 CU) | 45-65W |
| Ryzen 7 Pro 8700GE | 8 / 16 | 3650 | 5100 | 16MB | R780M (12 CU) | 35W |
| Ryzen 5 Pro 8600G | 6 / 12 | 4350 | 5000 | 16MB | R760M (8 CU) | 45-65W |
| Ryzen 5 Pro 8500G | 6 / 12 | 3550 | 5000 | 16MB | R740M (4 CU) | 45-65W |
| Ryzen 5 Pro 8600GE | 6 / 12 | 3900 | 5000 | 16MB | R760M (8 CU) | 35W |
| Ryzen 5 Pro 8500GE | 6 / 12 | 3400 | 5000 | 16MB | R740M (4 CU) | 35W |
| Ryzen 3 Pro 8300G | 4 / 8 | 3450 | 4900 | 8MB | R740M (4 CU) | 45-65W |
| Ryzen 3 Pro 8300GE | 4 / 8 | 3500 | 4900 | 8MB | R740M (4 CU) | 35W |
AMD Ryzen Pro 8040 Mobile Features
The Hawk Point family has been renewed with the new Ryzen Pro 8040 processors. AMD has eight new processors divided into two families, the HS series and the U series. The HS series offers varying clock speeds, ranging from 6 cores/12 threads to 8 cores/16 threads. five with TDP levels There is a new chip. At the top of the series is the Ryzen 9 Pro 8945HS, which is a direct replacement for the Ryzen 9 Pro 7940HS.
Ryzen 7 Pro 8840HS and Ryzen 5 Pro 8640HS are aimed at lower-power laptops with a cTDP of 20-28 W. As for cache, all announced Ryzen Pro 8040 series models come with 16 MB L3 cache. At the same time, features such as integrated graphics and clock speeds all correspond to the consumer series Ryzen 8040 series.
Let’s note that, with the exception of the Ryzen 5 Pro 8540U, all Ryzen Pro 8040 series processors come with AMD Ryzen AI NPU integrated into the silicon. The artificial intelligence-supported computer ecosystem still continues to grow. Many companies, as well as the red ones, think that the maker will be more important in the future and make their plans accordingly.
AMD’s in-house performance figures show that at 15W, the Ryzen 7 Pro 8840U offers better performance than the Core Ultra 7 165H running at 28W. However, the figures given by companies in their promotions should always be approached with skepticism.
AMD claims a 30% increase in overall performance across workloads including Geekbench v6, Blender, PCMark 10, PCMark Night Raid and UL Procyon. Although there are many different areas where performance gains and losses can be achieved, the company found that the 45Wi Ryzen 9 Pro 8945HS beats the 45W Intel Core Ultra 9 185H in the Topaz Labs Video AI Gaia 4X test. It claims to be 50% better than .
| core / Ä°ÅŸ Par. |
Base Freq. |
Boost Freq. |
L3 cache |
iGPU | TDP | |
| Ryzen 9 Pro 8945HS | 8 / 16 | 4000 | 5200 | 16MB | 12 CU | 35-54W |
| Ryzen 7 Pro 8845HS | 8 / 16 | 3800 | 5100 | 16MB | 12 CU | 35-54W |
| Ryzen 7 Pro 8840HS | 8 / 16 | 3300 | 5100 | 16MB | 12 CU | 20-28W |
| Ryzen 5 Pro 8645HS | 6 / 12 | 4300 | 5000 | 16MB | 8 CU | 35-54W |
| Ryzen 5 Pro 8640HS | 6 / 12 | 3500 | 4900 | 16MB | 8 CU | 20-28W |
| Ryzen 7 Pro 8840U | 8 / 16 | 3300 | 5100 | 16MB | 12 CU | 15-28W |
| Ryzen 5 Pro 8640U | 6 / 12 | 3500 | 4900 | 16MB | 8 CU | 15-28W |
| Ryzen 5 Pro 8540U | 6 / 12 | 3200 | 4900 | 16MB | 4 CU | 15-28W |
The chip designer did not announce when the Ryzen Pro 8000 series APUs or Ryzen Pro 8040 mobile chips will be available.
