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So what was AMD thinking with its release of the 8700G and 8600G APUs, and is it planning to phase them out? They come with the 780M and 680M processors, respe
by setgree 2y ago
So what was AMD thinking with its release of the 8700G and 8600G APUs, and is it planning to phase them out?
They come with the 780M and 680M processors, respectively, and both are outperformed by the 980M at a lower power draw [0]. Theoretically a consumer can't put these parts directly in a pc there's already a mini-pc with the laptop part 980M [1]. The 7800G sometimes shows up in mid-range and high-end gaming PCs with discrete graphics cards [2], which makes so little sense that I wonder if AMD quietly offloaded them in bulk at a steep discount to vendors.
I've commented on this before [3], can anyone shed light on the situation?
[0] https://www.anandtech.com/show/21485/the-amd-ryzen-ai-hx-370-review/9 https://www.anandtech.com/show/21485/the-amd-ryzen-ai-hx-370...
[1] https://www.tomshardware.com/desktops/mini-pcs/soyos-upcoming-ryzen-ai-hx-9-370-powered-mini-pc-reviewed-ahead-of-release https://www.tomshardware.com/desktops/mini-pcs/soyos-upcomin...
[2] https://www.tomshardware.com/desktops/gaming-pcs/hp-omen-35l-hands-on-testing-a-quiet-mid-tower https://www.tomshardware.com/desktops/gaming-pcs/hp-omen-35l...
[3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41140287 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41140287
- luyu_wu 2y agoAPUs have their own small niche in the DIY market! From what I understand, some people build their own computer without a dGPU first, then later purchase a GPU and prefer to be able to change the CPU at that point as well? Hopefully this rationale is what you're asking for!
- setgree 2y agoIn theory this makes sense, but reviews all suggested that the price proposition for the APUs didn't really work and now AMD has released a laptop part that fills the same niche. DIY folks won't be able to get their hands on the laptop part right away but presumably soon? It just seems kind of odd to release something that outperforms your own product in the same segment.
- burmanm 2y agoThe 8600G/8700G are installed to normal AM5 socket and can be swapped. The laptop parts are socketed and are not going to be available in the AM5 market.
- setgree 2y agoThis isn't my niche but this makes sense at face value. I couldn't find any sales data for either processor but maybe the DIY market is bigger than I know.
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