AMD Unveils Ryzen 7040 APUs with Zen 4C Cores, Hinting at Future Core Count Boosts

AMD has unveiled its brand new Ryzen 7040 APUs featuring Zen 4C cores, marking the onset of a promising horizon for core count augmentation in the foreseeable future. These cores exhibit a smaller size compared to their predecessors, ensuring enhanced energy efficiency and paving the way for a future rise in core counts, especially in the premium segment.

Unlike Intel's approach, AMD's Zen 4 and Zen 4C cores employ identical architectural solutions, thereby maintaining performance levels. The new hybrid chips, codenamed Phoenix 2, encompass models Ryzen 5 7545U and Ryzen 3 7440U, offering a blend of Zen 4 and Zen 4C cores, providing an optimal balance of performance and energy efficiency.

It's also noteworthy that the reduction of L3 cache size from 4 MB to 2 MB per core is the only major architectural change between Zen 4 and Zen 4C cores, while the rest of the specifications remain unchanged. This underscores AMD's strategy of delivering higher performance while retaining energy efficiency.