July 26, 2023 - According to various leakers, this Phoenix 2 chip would have two Zen 4 cores and four Zen 4c cores for six total and would see use in the Ryzen 3 7440U. Ever the rumor skeptic, I wanted to know whether the rumor was true or not, so I asked AMD, ...

September 11, 2023 - We have previously seen pictures of the AMD Phoenix 2 APUs, notably the Ryzen 5 7540U & Ryzen 3 7440U, but the die shots go a little more in-depth on the design of these chips. The die shot can be seen showing that AMD will equip a large L3 cache, coupled with a 2+4 (Zen 4 / Zen 4C) combo.

November 9, 2023 - AMD appeared to use a new die with small (or compact) Zen 4c cores known as Phoenix 2 or unofficially Little Phoenix to make four and six-core models, alongside the standard versions based on a stripped-down Phoenix chip containing eight big ...

May 25, 2023 - Silicon enthusiast @InstLatX64, ... SKU (CPUID A70F8x) will be equipped with two high-performance Zen 4 cores and four-energy efficient Zen 4c cores for a total of 12 logical threads....

July 1, 2023 - The first AMD Phoenix 2 APUs which will be part of the Ryzen 7040 series feature a die size nearly 23% smaller than the standard Phoenix chips.

July 4, 2023 - AMD recently confirmed the existence of the Phoenix 2 APU, a smaller version of the original Phoenix silicon used in mobile systems, laptops, Mini-PCs, and handheld consoles. While it was widely known that AMD would introduce a smaller die based ...

September 11, 2023 - AMD’s hybrid APU architecture with Zen 4C cores has been pictured, with an image being shared on X (formerly Twitter) recently. In this, we can clearly see various elements of the AMD Phoenix 2 APU (Accelerated Processing Unit) architecture, with Zen 4C cores.

January 18, 2024 - Simply put, with a Phoenix 2 APU, you're never getting more than 4 lanes for your GPU if you add one. That being said, these APUs aren't designed to be used with discrete GPUs in the first place.

September 9, 2023 - The APU is expected to be the younger brother of AMD’s Phoenix and will sit below these parts in the Ryzen lineup. The supposed Phoenix 2 processor die shot clearly shows a large L3 cache (in the middle of the left side, green structures), two high-performance Zen 4 cores (below the L3 cache), four smaller Zen 4c cores (three above L3, one to the right of Zen 2 cores), and a large built-in GPU (on the right side).

January 18, 2024 - As has been known for some time, AMD is using two different chips to make the Ryzen 8000G APUs and they're known as the Phoenix 1 and Phoenix 2, where the Phoenix 2 parts feature Zen 4c cores, which are not present in the Phoenix 1 APUs.

January 13, 2024 - AMD Ryzen 8000G "Phoenix 2" APUs come with a hybrid Zen 4 and Zen 4C core configuration and make use of Radeon 740M iGPUs with just 4 compute units. While a single-channel DDR5 memory would offer enough bandwidth to run these iGPUs, it is still ...

November 17, 2023 - It was only recently that AMD finally ... named Phoenix 2. This APU features two regular Zen 4 cores and four area- and power-efficient Zen 4c cores, for a grand total of six cores....

December 30, 2024 - The Phoenix 2 APUs are based on AMD’s Zen 4 architecture, known for its remarkable efficiency and robust performance across a variety of tasks. The enhancements in the Zen 4 architecture mean an increase in IPC (Instructions Per Cycle) as well as improved multi-threading capabilities.

January 28, 2024 - Read more: GIGABYTE teases AMD's next-gen desktop APU: Ryzen 8000G for end of January 2024 · Phoenix 2 has gimped memory and PCIe lane support, whereas AMD includes just 14 total (10 usable) lanes, compared to Phoenix 1 dies with dual-channel ...

July 27, 2023 - The Phoenix2 APU is to be AMD’s first 6-core design. It is expected that the full version of this APU will be integrated into the Ryzen 5 7540U, while the Ryzen 3 7440U will feature two Zen4c cores instead of four.

July 2, 2023 - Built on the same 4 nm foundry ... a 6-core/12-thread CPU based on the "Zen 4" microarchitecture, and a physically smaller iGPU with just two WGPs (workgroup processors), or 4 CU (compute units), which work out to 256 stream processors...

June 30, 2023 - The company recently launched its Ryzen 7040HS and 7040U series based on Zen4 architecture, the latter features four SKUs. According to the AMD website, the two models come with a smaller Phoenix CCD die measuring 137mm², which is about 23% smaller than the Phoenix die in the 7840U/7640U APU.

July 4, 2023 - Ta mniejsza wersja, znana jako Phoenix 2, ma mniej rdzeni CPU i GPU i oczekuje się, że będzie używana przez niższej klasy układy APU z serii Ryzen 7040U. Te APU z niższej półki to prawdopodobnie Ryzen 5 7540U (układy Phoenix 1 i 2) ...