AMD has unveiled its AMD Ryzen PRO 7040 Series Mobile processors, implementing advanced Zen 4 architecture, RDNA 3 integrated graphics, and a dedicated Ryzen AI engine for high-grade Windows 11 business laptops.

Developed using advanced 4nm technology, the Ryzen PRO 7040 Series introduces significant performance and efficiency improvements for business software, offering up to a 17% performance increase over x86 competition. The processor series also integrates Ryzen AI to facilitate superior AI experiences. Matthew Unangst, senior director of commercial client and workstation at AMD, indicates that "52% of IT managers are lacking adequate technology infrastructure to manage AI workloads. The latest Ryzen PRO 7040 Series caters to the needs of the contemporary workforce with exceptional performance and battery life while introducing a new dedicated AI engine on select models to address the needs of AI development."

Expanding its commercial offerings, AMD has also launched the Ryzen PRO 7000 Series processors for desktops, which come with integrated Radeon graphics, up to 12 high-efficiency cores and a boost capability of up to 5.4 GHz, ensuring optimal performance for professional workloads. The Ryzen PRO 7040 series processors' critical component is the 4 nm Phoenix silicon, utilizing the "Zen 4" CPU microarchitecture and RDNA3 iGPU architecture. This series introduces a Ryzen AI on-die accelerator, designed based on Xilinx's XDNA architecture, to the commercial notebook sector. The silicon includes an 8-core/16-thread "Zen 4" CPU, with certain models achieving up to 5.00 GHz. Each core features a dedicated 1 MB L2 cache, while an overall 16 MB L3 cache is shared among the 8 cores. The integrated GPU meets the full DirectX 12 Ultimate logo requirements, comprising 12 RDNA3 compute units. This corresponds to 768 dual issue-rate stream processors, 24 AI Accelerators (integral to RDNA3 and separate from Ryzen AI), and 12 Ray Accelerators. It also includes 48 TMUs and 32 ROPs. AMD Software PRO supports the iGPU on these processors, delivering enhanced support and specific packages for organizations' remote deployment. AMD is concentrating on on-device AI acceleration software over cloud-based AI workload computation. In commercial computing, numerous AI applications like image processing, GPTs such as Microsoft Office Co-pilot, and AI-based data analytics can function without data leaving the device. All Ryzen PRO 7040 processors include the complete AMD PRO features stack, encompassing PRO Security, PRO Management, and PRO Business. PRO Security delivers 7-layer data security, including a secure enclave, memory encryption, and additional microarchitectural fortification. PRO Management provides remote device management for an organization's system administrators, while PRO Business establishes unique support channels by AMD to aid organizations in managing their notebooks' hardware and software. The Ryzen PRO 7040 mobile processors are categorized into two classes: the thin-and-light segment (35 W to 54 W) featuring the Ryzen 9 PRO 7940HS, Ryzen 7 PRO 7840HS, and Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS, and the "ultraportable" segment (15 W to 28 W) consisting of the Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U, Ryzen 5 PRO 7640U, and Ryzen 5 PRO 7540U. All models, excluding the 7540U, are equipped with Ryzen AI. Ryzen 7 and Ryzen 9 models carry an 8-core/16-thread CPU, while Ryzen 5 models adopt a 6-core/12-thread configuration.

AMD Ryzen PRO 7040 Series Processors for Mobile with Ryzen AI

Built on industry-leading 4nm technology and featuring up to 8 “Zen 4” cores and RDNA™ 3 integrated graphics, the AMD Ryzen PRO 7040 Series processors enable excellent levels of performance and efficiency for business applications, with the Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U processor offering an average 17% increase in performance over the x86 competition.3 The AMD Ryzen™ 7 PRO 7840U processor offers up to 18% higher CPU performance4 and up to 15% better battery life while video conferencing, compared to an Apple M2 Pro processor.5

Select AMD Ryzen PRO 7040 Series processors feature Ryzen AI, the world’s first integrated AI engine on an x86 processor.6 This AI engine revolutionizes business laptops by enabling premium AI experiences. It offers immersive collaboration experiences on platforms like Microsoft Teams and other leading video conferencing applications. Going forward, it is expected to bring unique advantages in next-gen collaboration, creation, productivity, predictive UI, and AI powered security features. Ryzen AI helps equip select laptops for the future of work with AI.

“Microsoft and AMD have worked closely to enable Ryzen AI in prominent Windows features like Windows Studio Effects, said Pavan Davuluri, Corporate VP, Windows Silicon and System Integration, Microsoft Corp. “We truly believe that AI is going to reinvent how our customers do everything on Windows and the introduction of these Ryzen AI technology-enabled business laptops is the next step toward unlocking a superior experience.”

Perfect for the current hybrid and on-the-go workforce, the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U processor provides state-of-the-art productivity and virtual collaboration, with up to 29% better performance per watt compared to the competition while running the Procyon Overall benchmark and simultaneously using Microsoft Teams.8 Additionally, while videoconferencing on Microsoft Teams, the Ryzen PRO 7840U processor offers up to 70% longer battery life than the competition.9

AMD Ryzen PRO 7000 Series Processors for Desktop

The new Ryzen PRO 7000 Series processors feature up to 12 high efficiency “Zen4” cores with up to 5.4 GHz boost frequency,10 supported by RDNA 2 architecture-based integrated graphics to deliver leading performance for professional workloads – including up to a 48% increase on a Ryzen 5 PRO 7645 processor in PCMark® 10 productivity and creation workloads over the competition.11 Built on the AMD Socket AM5 platform, these processors offer support for the latest technologies, including DDR5 memory, up to PCIe® 5.0 storage, and ultra-fast WiFi® 6E, providing professionals a new level of responsiveness, speed and efficiency. Equipped with a full suite of enterprise-grade manageability and security features, AMD Ryzen processors with PRO technologies help ensure PCs perform reliably, with security features included to allow for accelerated productivity and enhanced collaboration.