AMD appears to have launched an entry-level Athlon Gold PRO 4150GE within the Asian Pacific market which can characteristic the Zen 2 core structure.
AMD’s Athlon Gold PRO 4150E APU Comes With 4 Zen 2 CPU & 5 Vega GPU Cores, Up To three.7 GHz at 35W
It has been some time since AMD has touched the entry-level desktop CPU section. Their Zen 3 Ryzen 5000X and 5000G lineups have been all however Ryzen 5 and past with a number of Ryzen 3 components going to the OEM section. It seems like AMD is lastly readying a brand new entry-level answer within the type of a brand new Athlon half. The Athlon Gold 4000 collection was additionally rumored round mid of 2022 so it’s wanting like we’re near their launch.
Beginning with the specs, the AMD Athlon Gold PRO 4150GE relies on the Zen 2 core structure and options 4 cores / 4 threads. It has a base frequency of three.3 GHz and boosts as much as 3.7 GHz. The chip packs 4 MB of L2 cache and has an working TDP of 35W since it is a ‘GE’ half. A regular ‘G’ SKU may launch with a TDP of 50-65W.
The standout improve, other than the Zen 2 core structure, is the addition of third Gen Vega GPU cores. The AMD Athlon Gold PRO 4150GE not solely packs the third iteration of the Vega built-in graphics but additionally comes with extra compute items. There are 5 Compute Models or 320 cores on the APU which function at 1500 MHz. For comparability, the Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE solely housed 3 CUs and ran at 1100 MHz. Except for that, the chip will characteristic help on the AM4 socket and retains DDR4-3200 help.
Since this can be a PRO half, the AMD Athlon Gold 4150GE is more likely to be a inventory OEM half however as we’ve seen with earlier APU releases, the Asian Pacific market is more likely to see a DIY launch too. The chip is at present being bought at Ali Specific for a worth of $118.29 US which is kind of a hefty worth to be paying for a chip of this tier however it is usually anticipated since Ali Express is not an official AMD vendor and third social gathering sellers can cost no matter they need for this chip. We’re more likely to see this chip in OEM PCs in the end at significantly better costs.
