ASUS has started rolling out its brand new AMD AGESA 1.0.8.0 BIOS for AM5 motherboards which adds support for upcoming Ryzen "Phoenix" APUs.
AMD Phoenix Desktop Launch Might Be On The Horizon As ASUS Rolls Out AGESA 1.0.8.0 BIOS With Ryzen 7000 "Phoenix" APU Support
Months have gone by without any updates on the desktop APU side of things but it looks like we may finally get to see Phoenix on AM5 soon. As it turns out, ASUS has started to silently roll out its new AM5 BIOS which is based on the AGESA 1.0.8.0 firmware. The BIOS isn't available for all AM5 motherboards yet but the ones for which it is listed the following in the change log:
- PRIME B650-PLUS - Update AGESA version to Combo AM5 PI 1.0.8.0 to support new coming APU
- EX B650M-V7- Update AGESA version to Combo AM5 PI 1.0.8.0 to support upcoming CPU
The SMU Checker (via HardwareLuxx) also confirms support for AMD Ryzen 7000 APUs codenamed Phoenix along with the existing Raphael chips. Considering that ASUS already has initial AM5 BIOS support for the upcoming APUs ready for its motherboard, we can also expect similar treatment from other board vendors in the coming days.
AMD's Ryzen 7000 "Phoenix" APUs for desktops have been highly anticipated since it will be the first APU family for the new AM5 platform and one that will take advantage of newer standards such as DDR5 memory which will definitely be a nice boost to the integrated graphics which have so far been bottlenecked by DDR4 bandwidths. With the recent AM5 BIOS releases, the boards have been tuned to support higher speed memory frequencies and with prices dropping on DDR5 modules fast, it would make a great choice for the new APUs.
As for what AMD Ryzen 7000 "Phoenix" APUs would bring to the table, we can expect up to 8 Zen 4 CPU cores and up to 12 RDNA 3 compute units in a monolithic design with Ryzen AI capabilities. It'll come with TDPs of 65W which has been the standard for Ryzen APUs & we can hope for some nice prices as the budget AM5 segment can definitely benefit from these chips.
AMD APU Forecasted Roadmap 2016-2023
| APU Segment | Family Codename | Family Branding | Process Node | CPU Architecture | GPU Architecture | Max Cores / Threads | TDP | Launch Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Desktop (AM5) | Phoenix | Ryzen 7000G | 4nm | Zen 4 | Navi (RDNA 3) | 8/16 | 35-65W | 2023? |
| Desktop (AM5) | Rembrandt | Ryzen 7000G | 6nm | Zen 3+ | Navi (RDNA 2) | 8/16 | 35-65W | Cancelled |
| Desktop (AM4) | Cezanne | Ryzen 5000G | 7nm | Zen 3 | Vega (4th Gen) | 8/16 | 35-65W | 2021 |
| Desktop (AM4) | Renoir | Ryzen 4000G | 7nm | Zen 2 | (Vega 3rd Gen) | 8/16 | 35-65W | 2020 |
| Desktop (AM4) | Picasso | Ryzen 3000G | 12nm | Zen+ | Vega (2nd Gen) | 4/8 | 35-65W | 2019 |
| Desktop (AM4) | Raven Ridge | Ryzen 2000G | 14nm | Zen | Vega (1st Gen) | 4/8 | 35-65W | 2018 |
| Desktop (AM4) | Bristol Ridge | A10-9000 | 28nm | Excacvator+ | GCN 3.0 | 2/4 | 35-65W | 2016 |
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