AMD's new Ryzen notebook chips pack Radeon Vega graphics

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AMD has announced its latest chips designed for ultrathin notebooks. Combining its Ryzen CPU and Vega graphics architectures on a single accelerated processing unit (APU), AMD claims that the two new chips are the "world's fastest" processors for ultrathin notebooks.

Compared to its previous mobile processors, AMD says that these new chips pack up to three time the CPU performance, 2.3 times the GPU performance, and consume up to 58 percent less power. In terms of the competition, AMD claims its Ryzen 7 2700U can achieve up to three times the performance of the Intel Core i7 8550U on 3DMark. Similarly, AMD is claiming its Ryzen 5 2500U can achieve twice the performance of the Intel Core i5 7200U in 3DMark. That's looking good, but we'll have to wait for independent benchmarks to have a complete picture.

AMD says that systems powered by its Ryzen 7 and Ryzen 5 mobile processors will be available "in the coming weeks" from partners like Acer, HP, and Lenovo. More systems are expected from Dell and other manufacturers in 2018.

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