AMD's upcoming Ryzen 7040U chips might enable a whole new range of thin and light gaminglaptops, but I'm still skeptical for now.
AMD revealed its new Ryzen 7040U series processors for laptops, with bold claims that the chips not only beat the competition from Intel but also outpace the MacBook M2. Perhaps most impressive is that AMD says the processors can handle 1080p gaming with their integrated graphics, possibly enabling a string of thin and light gaming laptops.
Iris Xe graphics aren’t built to be gaming powerhouses, and for what it’s worth, neither is the Radeon 780M. However, it still provides up to 12 RDNA 3 cores, allowing you to play games demanding like Cyberpunk 2077 and Far Cry 6, even if it’s at lower quality settings. The problem is that it’s not clear how AMD’s top chip from the range will actually perform in practice. All of AMD’s benchmarks were run on a reference board, not inside an actual laptop. Furthermore, AMD hasn’t provided any concrete numbers, instead opting for the dreaded percentage increase charts that tend to be misleading.
At the very least, AMD is saying the Ryzen 7 7840U can outperform the Apple M2, if only slightly. From web browsing to image editing to 3D rendering, AMD’s chip takes a slight but undeniable lead. It really excels in multi-core benchmarks, however, nearly doubling the performance of Apple’s M2.
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