AMD’s 8000G APU Lineup To Launch In Late January According To Gigabyte

AMD’s Ryzen APUs have proven a popular choice for those looking to game on a budget even being capable of running some of the latest titles on low settings and with reasonable frame rates. The next generation of these APUs will soon be arriving with a launch by the end of January 2024 according to GIGABYTE.

Ryzen 8000G January 2024

As reported by Tomshardware, a recent selection of BIOS updates for GIGABYTE’s AM5 motherboards has explicitly mentioned AMD’s next-generation APUs “The forthcoming AM5 next gen APU will be launched at the end of January 2024.” These BIOS updates include the AGESA 1.1.0.0 beta which is now available on the GIGABYTE website with a formal release at the end of November.

Whilst GIGABYTE didn’t share any information on the specific chips that will be launching, some leaks from a few days ago have revealed four chips under Ryzen 7,5 and 3 split between Phoenix and Phoenix 2 silicon. The two models using the Phoenix silicon will be the Ryzen 7 8700G featuring 8 cores and 16 threads and a Ryzen 780M GPU, and the Ryzen 5 8600G with 6 cores 12 threads and a Radeon 760M.

Phoenix 2

The Phoenix 2 silicon makes use of the Zen4C cores which are similar to Intel’s efficiency cores but AMD claims to be much better. (Via VideoCardz) The Zen4C chips when compared against Intel’s P and E cores, are better as all cores can use the same instruction set, all cores have the same IPC, all cores can multithread, they dont require a hardware OS scheduler, they’re more efficient and all cores can improve gaming.

The two Phoenix 2 chips include the Ryzen 5 8500G with 6 cores split between 2x Zen4 and 4x Zen4C alongside 12 threads. The second is the Ryzen 3 8300G with 4 cores split 1x Zen4 and 3x Zen4c alongside 8 threads. Both of these chips make use of the Radeon 740M GPU.

Whilst nothing is official yet, it is likely that AMD will reveal these chips at CES 2024 in early January which will line up with the late January release date.