AMD launched the Ryzen 8040 processor: features and differences compared to the rival Intel Core Ultra

Major manufacturers of home computer processors, AMD and Intel, will compete for the market again in 2024; although this time with a strong commitment to artificial intelligence.

Both recently presented chips from their flagship families: Ryzen 8040 series (Hawk Point) AND Intel Core Ultra (Meteor Leake) focuses on gamers, content creators, and casual users who want the latest in technology.

PCs and notebooks: what features do the 2024 processors have?

The brand new AMD Ryzen 8040 Series are the most recent of the renowned Ryzen Series, the same ones that will integrate the next generation of notebooks and desktop computers from manufacturers Acer, Asus, Dell, HP, Lenovo and Razer.

These new chips deliver high-level performance, from everyday productivity to content creation. For example, the model Ryzen98945HS It offers up to 64% faster video editing and up to 37% faster 3D rendering, respectively. Meanwhile, players can enjoy games up to 77% faster.

With AMD RDNA 3 Radeon graphics and select systems based on the AMD XDNA architecture built for AMD Ryzen AI, for which the new processors are designed creative professionals, gamers and mainstream users looking for a powerful laptop with reliable performance and ability to run advanced AI experiences.

At the same time, they have the highest performance available for ultra-thin and EA laptops improvement of energy efficiencywhich extends battery life for more hours.

AMD Ryzen 8040 series processors also have advanced support for the latest generation of LPDDR5 RAM memories, a type of technology dynamic random access memory Double Data Rate which consumes less energy.

With these processors, users can benefit immersive virtual experiences, games and streamingand trust that your devices will withstand demanding AI conditions while maintaining power efficiency.

AMD Ryzen 8040: how artificial intelligence works

The era of artificial intelligence has definitively arrived at processors, that is, the “brain” that gives computing power to laptops and desktop PCs. In this sense, AMD has found a way to do it get even greater performance from the XDNA AI engine (the capabilities of the NPU or Neural Processing Unit, in Spanish) integrated into silicon for the first time.

The acceleration of artificial intelligence integrated into processors is currently essential for computersas it mitigates the battery consumption of the equipment due to continuous data processing.

To measure the capacity of the 8040 series, tests carried out by AMD produced conclusive data: they offer up to 40% more performance compared to the 7040 series by running the Llama 2 AI chatbot, Meta development that rivals ChatGPT, and other image recognition models such as ResNet 50 and Inception V4.

Specifically, the AI-focused processing of the 8040 series can achieve results 39 Tera operations per second (TOPS)compared to 33 in the 7040 family.

As part of the Ryzen AI software launch, developers with knowledge of this technology can take advantage of it create AI applications with advanced gesture recognition, biometric authentication and other accessibility features.

They also have early access to automatic speech recognition models like Whisper and large language models (LLMs) like OPT and Llama 2 for Design natural language speech interfaces for your applications and enable other natural language processing features, including document summary and email assistance.

“We continue to offer the highest performing and most energy efficient NPUs Ryzen AI technology to reinvent the PC” said Jack Huynh, senior vice president and general manager of AMD’s computing and graphics businesses.

He added: “The increased AI capabilities of the 8040 series will now handle larger models enable the next phase of AI user experiences“.

The American company consider throwing nine chips across the 8040 family over the next few years, and all will feature the dedicated XDNA AI engine except the two lowest-end Ryzen 3 processors.