Ryzen 3 7440U is based on it
AMD has explicitly acknowledged that the Ryzen 3 7440U mobile processor differs from its older counterparts in the line by using a completely different crystal.
There were indications of this before, since the site has data on the area of \u200b\u200bthe crystal, and it differs from the older APUs in the Ryzen 3 7440U. But now it’s official.
So, we are talking about the Phoenix 2 line. This is an unofficial name, but this appeared in all the leaks. Such processors will differ from regular Phoenix processors in that they will contain Zen 4 and Zen 4C cores. These will be the first consumer APUs with such cores. Zen 4C, we recall, debuted in Epyc Bergamo server CPUs.
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The top Phoenix 2 die will apparently have two Zen 4 cores and four Zen 4C cores. The Ryzen 3 7440U has only four cores, so apparently two “large” and two “small”. Recall that the Zen 4C cores differ from Zen 4 only in a reduced amount of L3 cache, so in general it is incorrect to call them small and large, respectively.
Most likely, the eldest in the new line, if you can call it that, will be the Ryzen 5 7540U, which will just have six cores.
Also distinguishing feature of the Phoenix 2 is the simpler iGPU. Instead of the 768 stream processors that Phoenix has, there are only 256 of them. That is, these are simplified APUs that should be cheaper to manufacture and consume less power.
It will not be possible to create flagship processors on such a chip, but they will be able to occupy the niche of medium and basic solutions. Phoenix 2 is expected later this year, although the same Ryzen 3 7440U is already listed on the AMD website.
