AMD will reportedly refresh Hawk Point APU lineup in 2025

AMD will reportedly launch a refreshed lineup of the Hawk Point SKUs next year. Expected to be named Ryzen 200, the refreshed series would come as a competitor to Intel's Core 200 “Raptor Lake Refresh” CPUs for laptops, expected to come out later this year.

AMD and Intel are expected to unveil updates to their current laptop CPU lineups in the months ahead. The latest rumours around AMD's new-gen processors comes from Golden Pig Upgrade (via Wccftech), pointing to a refresh of the existing Hawk Point subarchitecture, under new Ryzen 200 branding.

The AMD Ryzen 200 series is reportedly a refresh of the Hawk Point APUs, so expect it to resemble the current Ryzen 8040 series closely. This series features up to 8 cores and 16 threads based on the Zen 4 architecture. Moreover, they come with up to 8MB of L2, 16MB of L3 cache, cTDPs ranging from 35W to 54W, and a Radeon 780M iGPU with up to 12 RDNA 3 CUs.

In light of Microsoft's Copilot+ “AI PC” TOPS requirement of at least 45 TOPS, systems using Ryzen 200 “Hawk Point Refresh” APUs won't meet the certification requirement, as the platform is rated at 39 TOPS. The Ryzen 200 series is reportedly slated for a release early next year, coinciding with the Strix Halo and Kraken launches.

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