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The first Asus laptop featuring a Ryzen 5000H series SKU has been spotted at a German retailer. Besides being powered by an AMD Ryzen 7 5800H processor, the Asus TUF Gaming A17 laptop also features the unannounced Nvidia RTX 3060 graphics card.
The laptop listing found by @momomo_us at Expert also informs us about the specifications of the Ryzen 7 5800H processor, which features 16MB of L3 cache, a 3.0GHz base clock, and a 4.3GHz boost clock. Compared to the previous generation of Ryzen laptop processors, it comes slightly higher clocked than the Ryzen 7 4800H (+100MHz).
Regarding the graphics card, the listing shows that the Asus TUF Gaming A17 laptop comes with a GN20-E3 GPU. This codename refers to the RTX 3060 6GB mobile graphics card, the successor to the mainstream RTX 2060.
Some other specifications of this laptop include a 17.3-inch IPS matte display with Full HD resolution and a 144Hz refresh rate. The laptop also comes with 8GB of DDR4 RAM, a 512GB SSD, and Wi-Fi (802.11ax) and Bluetooth 5.1 support. Connectivity options include a USB-C 3.2, 3x USB-A 3.2, an HDMI port, an RJ-45 port, and a 3.5mm audio jack.
Given the specifications of the Asus TUF Gaming A17, this laptop should be available in 2021.
KitGuru says: Will the Ryzen 5000 series laptop processors be able to compete with Intel Tiger Lake CPUs? Do you think the Asus TUF Gaming A17 laptop will be worth considering once it has been released?
