{"id":1268709,"date":"2026-03-09T04:07:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T04:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/TFeJ9HrNk8Qa4EwKa7BYa"},"modified":"2026-03-09T04:07:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T04:07:26","slug":"its-the-scantest-of-rumours-but-given-amds-track-record-i-actually-believe-the-claim-that-the-ryzen-9000g-series-will-be-nothing-more-than-an-8000g-refresh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/its-the-scantest-of-rumours-but-given-amds-track-record-i-actually-believe-the-claim-that-the-ryzen-9000g-series-will-be-nothing-more-than-an-8000g-refresh\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s the scantest of rumours but given AMD&#8217;s track record, I actually believe the claim that the Ryzen 9000G series will be nothing more than an 8000G refresh"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>Although they take a while to appear with each new generation of Ryzen processors, AMD always converts some of its laptop processors into desktop CPUs to give entry-level PC gamers an all-in-one option. But one rumour is to be believed, then the forthcoming Ryzen 9000G chips are unlikely to be well received because it&#8217;s being claimed that they&#8217;re just a refresh of the previous 8000G series.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s according to <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chiphell.com\/thread-2729728-1-1.html\" target=\"_blank\">a post on Chiphell<\/a> (via X-user <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/9550pro\/status\/1950386127975964691\" target=\"_blank\">HXL<\/a>), and I know exactly what you&#8217;re thinking: &#8220;<em>One<\/em> random post on a forum doesn&#8217;t mean it&#8217;s true.&#8221; The thing is, AMD does have form in the whole churning out old hardware under a new name malarky. For example, just two months ago, the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/gaming-laptops\/amd-muddies-the-laptop-cpu-waters-again-with-a-zen-4-refresh-so-where-are-our-actual-next-gen-zen-5-chips\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ryzen 8000HX lineup was announced<\/a>, but none of them are Zen 5-powered processors; they&#8217;re just rebadged Zen 4 Ryzen 7000HX chips.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the same story with AMD&#8217;s <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/processors\/amds-2025-laptop-plans-sure-do-include-a-lot-of-refreshed-and-rebranded-apus-but-who-cares-when-youve-got-fire-range-strix-halo-and-four-rdna-4-mobile-gpus-heading-our-way-next-year\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ryzen AI 200 range<\/a>. They sound all new and funky, but they&#8217;re literally just <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/amd-announces-refreshed-ryzen-8040-hawk-point-mobile-chips-and-the-excitement-is-well-not-particularly-exciting\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hawk Point Ryzen 8040<\/a> processors, and some of <em>those<\/em> are refreshed models, too.<\/p>\n<p>So it&#8217;s hardly an outlandish claim, one to be immediately cast out with the trash, that AMD&#8217;s plan for the Ryzen 9000G desktop APU range is to simply take the previous generation 8000G chips and just spruce them up with a clock bump and a shiny new sticker.<\/p>\n<p>In some ways, that&#8217;s not necessarily a bad thing. The <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/amd-ryzen-7-8700g-review-performance-benchmarks\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ryzen 7 8700G<\/a> is a pretty decent desktop APU, with an integrated graphics chip that&#8217;s identical to that in the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/handheld-gaming-pcs\/asus-rog-ally-x-review\/\" target=\"_blank\">Asus ROG Ally X<\/a>. Pair that CPU with some fast, dual-channel DDR5 RAM, and you&#8217;ve got the basis for a nice entry-level gaming PC. However, the 8700G isn&#8217;t exactly cheap (<a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newegg.com\/amd-ryzen-7-8700g-ryzen-7-8000-g-series-phoenix-zen-4-socket-am5\/p\/N82E16819113811\" target=\"_blank\">$280 at Newegg<\/a>), and I can&#8217;t imagine AMD would sell new Ryzen 9000G processors at a lower price.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1280px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"aEkdnGWAUMBwWNQJu7fTKn\" name=\"PXL_20240126_225838510.jpg\" alt=\"AMD Ryzen 7 8700G\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/its-the-scantest-of-rumours-but-given-amds-track-record-i-actually-believe-the-claim-that-the-ryzen-9000g-series-will-be-nothing-more-than-an-8000g-refresh.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Future)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The real problem is that AMD just doesn&#8217;t have a suitable laptop APU to refurbish into a desktop variant that&#8217;s substantially better than any 8000G. Or at the very least, not without significantly hiking up the price.<\/p>\n<p>For example, the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amd.com\/en\/products\/processors\/laptop\/ryzen\/ai-300-series\/amd-ryzen-ai-7-350.html\" target=\"_blank\">Ryzen AI 370<\/a> might look like a good option, given that its iGPU uses AMD&#8217;s mobile-focused RDNA 3.5 graphics architecture, but it still only has eight compute units (same as the 8700G), and the clock speed isn&#8217;t much higher. The CPU side of the processor isn&#8217;t spectacular either.<\/p>\n<p>More importantly, though, AMD is selling a <em>lot<\/em> of these right now in laptops and probably wouldn&#8217;t want to sell the best-running chips as low-volume desktop APUs. A <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/processors\/amd-says-it-took-four-goes-to-get-its-new-strix-halo-uber-apu-right-and-that-included-designing-new-cpu-dies-that-put-threadripper-in-the-palm-of-your-hands\/\" target=\"_blank\">Strix Halo chip<\/a> <em>would<\/em> be a huge upgrade, but it&#8217;s so big and expensive that it would probably be cheaper to just buy an AM4 CPU and a cheap graphics card.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:3840px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"VTpiCoe3QSsGhzPVYLPoTm\" name=\"AMD Strix Halo\" alt=\"AMD Strix Halo\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/its-the-scantest-of-rumours-but-given-amds-track-record-i-actually-believe-the-claim-that-the-ryzen-9000g-series-will-be-nothing-more-than-an-8000g-refresh-1.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2160\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"caption-text\">Strix Halo would be an awesome desktop APU. Awesomely expensive, that is. <\/span><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: AMD)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In other words, the simplest and cheapest option for AMD is to simply take the existing 8700G processors, give them a minor bump in clock speeds all round, and then slap Ryzen 9000G on the boxes. That&#8217;s hardly going to set the market on fire, but the desktop APU sector is no scorcher as it is.<\/p>\n<p>So yes, it&#8217;s a whisper-thin rumour from one source in a random thread on a discussion board. AMD could actually just skip the whole 9000G series idea until it has something better to use, but I&#8217;d genuinely bet a bob or two on it being true.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/processors\/its-the-scantest-of-rumours-but-given-amds-track-record-i-actually-believe-the-claim-that-the-ryzen-9000g-series-will-be-nothing-more-than-an-8000g-refresh\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although they take a while to appear with each new generation of Ryzen processors, AMD always converts some of its laptop processors into desktop CPUs to give entry-level PC gamers an all-in-one option. But one rumour is to be believed, then the forthcoming Ryzen 9000G chips are unlikely to be well received because it&#8217;s being claimed that they&#8217;re just a refresh of the previous 8000G series. That&#8217;s according to a post on Chiphell (via X-user HXL), and I know exactly what you&#8217;re thinking: &#8220;One random post on a forum doesn&#8217;t mean it&#8217;s true.&#8221; The thing is, AMD does have form in the whole churning out old hardware under a new name malarky. For example, just two months ago, the Ryzen 8000HX lineup was announced, but&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/its-the-scantest-of-rumours-but-given-amds-track-record-i-actually-believe-the-claim-that-the-ryzen-9000g-series-will-be-nothing-more-than-an-8000g-refresh\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1268710,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[66,10710],"class_list":["post-1268709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-hardware","tag-processors"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>It&#039;s the scantest of rumours but given AMD&#039;s track record, I actually believe the claim that the 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