AMD launches the Ryzen 8000hx processors, a rehash of the Ryzen 7000hx

AMD has launched the “new” line of AMD Ryzen 8000hx processors with a “Dragon Rank Refresh” code name. We put quotes in the word “new” because, as you have already been able to guess by the “refresh” name, it is a small update without practically news from the AMD Ryzen 7000HX “Dragon Range”.

It seems that the company has copied Intel’s strategy with its Raptor Lake Refresh, and these new Ryzen 8000hx will barely have light improvements of a few MHz in a model, The rest will be renowned or refritosmaintaining the same architecture as their predecessors. Therefore, we have Zen 4 nuclei in processors manufactured to 4 nanometers with models that reach the 16 nuclei.

He AMD RYZEN 9 8945HX It will be the most powerful model, with 16 Zen 4, 32 execution threads, and a maximum 5.4 GHz Boost frequency from the 2.5 GHz it is based. Offers 80 MB of cache and a TDP of 55 to 75 W. In this case, There is no difference with the AMD Ryzen 9 7945hx, So it is simply a renowned that can bring users to deceive.

In the AMD Ryzen 9 8940hx we have 100 MHz More than Boost than in the Ryzen 9 7940hx, but it is the only model that is a real improvement.

There is a new model, at least in the range, which is the Ryzen 7 8840hx, A variant with 12 nuclei that we did not find in the last generation. It offers 2.9 GHz base and 5.1 GHz de Boost.