Just a few months ago we told you all the keys to the new APU AMD Ryzen 6000, a new generation that marked an important turning point in many ways, even if the leap to RDNA2 architecture in the integrated GPU and use DDR5-LPDDR5 memory to achieve good bandwidth.

In general, this new generation of APUs seemed very interesting to me, especially what it could give itself in light and ultralight equipment. However, it was clear that AMD still he had plenty of room for improvement at the GPU level, because the most powerful model was going to add a maximum of 12 computing units, which corresponds 768 shaderssame number as Radeon RX 6400.

The fact is that according to the new leak, which caused a big commotion, AMD is going to make a huge leap with its new Ryzen 7000 APUs, as these will have configurations of up to 24 computing units. This is just stunning because we are talking about it 1,536 shaders, 96 texturing units and 32 raster units. For comparison, the Radeon RX 6500 XT has 1,024 shaders and the Radeon RX 6600 XT adds 1,792 shaders, so the integrated GPUs that the new generation of Ryzen APUs would install would be placed between the two graphics cards.

However, we should note that its actual performance should approach the Radeon RX 6500 XT, despite the lower number of shaders. The explanation is very simple, the graphics card has an L3 cache subsystem and a dedicated GDDR6 graphics memory will give you more bandwidthwhile the integrated GPUs of the new Ryzen APUs would suffer from 128-bit bus limitations and DDR5 or LPDDR5 memory usage.

Ryzen 7000 APU: Its integrated GPU would surpass the GTX 1060

And the truth is, I find it absolutely believable. Easy introduction of RDNA2 architecture and transition to DDR5 memory with new integrated Radeon 600 GPUs This is already a huge step, So good that the Radeon 680M is capable of running demanding games like The Division 2 in 1080p and medium quality at over 50 FPS, and can even run Cyberpunk in 1080p and medium low quality (FSR in ultra quality) while maintaining a stable average . 40 FPS.

According to the source of this information, these new Ryzen APUs, codenamed “Phoenix”, will come in a configuration with between 16 CU (1,024 shaders) and 24 CU (1,536 shaders), they will retain the RDNA 2 architecture, as we said, and the most powerful version could exceed 6 TFLOPs of performance, which would make it a more powerful solution than the 6 GB GTX 1060, at least on paper. If we do a quick comparison based only on TERAFLOPs, we will see that this integrated GPU with 24 CUs that the new Ryzen APU could fit would be more powerful than the Radeon RX 6500 XT and not so far from the PS5 GPU.

Keep in mind that a direct comparison of GPUs with others based only on TERAFLOPs does not give us realistic value, because in the end it depends on many other factors, even if serves as a reference to understand why the new Ryzen 7000 AMD APU could mean another break in GPU performance. If you are wondering if it would be possible to reach this level, I am already telling you yes, not in vain we are talking about a generation that would be produced in 5nm, which translates into more space at the silicon level for GPUs, smaller transistors and higher efficiency.