The Phoronix Test Suite is a benchmarking and testing platform that supports a wide range of tests and operating systems. It’s a suite of tools that allows businesses to automate their testing processes, whether for product stability or performance. An engineering sample of AMD’s Ryzen 7000 CPU, codenamed Raphael, was one of the devices evaluated. The OPN code 100-000000666 is the same as the one we saw in late January. According to the software, it’s an 8-core, 16-thread Zen4 CPU that can accelerate to 5.21 GHz.
More crucially, we now have the integrated graphics ID for the Zen4 desktop CPU. Raphael will be the first mainstream Ryzen platform with integrated graphics, as previously stated. This has previously been the realm of mobile Ryzen APUs, some of which have now been re-released as desktop G-series processors. The Raphael CPUs said to be high-end gaming 55W CPUs dubbed “Dragon Range,” will move in the opposite path, debuting on desktops before moving to mobile devices.
AMD’s Ryzen 7000 will have the same GPU family as Ryzen 6000
Raphael’s integrated graphics have the ID GFX1036, which is part of the same GFX1030 branch as the RDNA2 iGPUs Beige Goby, Yellow Carp, and Van Gogh. This is why the “Rembrandt” codename for the Ryzen 6000 mobile series is identified by the iGPU’s Radeon Audio controller.
The real tests, on the other hand, were definitely not run at full GPU speed. They are currently on par with certain older integrated GPU systems, but far from Vega/Xe-LP or even Van Gogh’s level (Steam Deck iGPU). Raphael’s iGPU, on the other hand, is not intended to be used for gaming. Those graphics serve as a display controller or basic media decoder in conjunction with the strong Zen4 CPU cores.
The AMD Ryzen 7000 desktop series is expected to debut in September. AMD will have a Computex 2022 presentation soon, and one can expect an update on Zen4 consumer CPUs, given that the new series was previewed during CES 2022 in January.
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