It's been a long wait, but early benchmarks of AMD's Ryzen 4000-series (codename Renoir) Zen 2 APUs are finally out in the wild. Rising dataminer @_rogame dug up 3DMark submissions for the Ryzen 7 Pro 4700G, Ryzen 5 Pro 4400G and Ryzen 3 4200G parts.
Starting from the top to the bottom, the Ryzen 7 Pro 4700G surfaced with eight cores and 16 threads running with a 3.6 GHz base clock and 4.45 GHz boost clock. The iGPU sports eight Vega Compute Units (CUs) that are clocked at 2,100 MHz. The Ryzen 5 Pro 4400G packed six cores and 12 threads and chip finished the benchmark with a 3.7 GHz base clock and 4.3 GHz boost clock. The iGPU, which presumably features seven CUs, ticked at 1,900 MHz.
Last in order but not of importance, the Ryzen 3 4200G appeared with four cores and eight threads at a 3.8 GHz base clock and 4.1 GHz boost clock. The iGPU seemingly has six CUs operating at 1,900 MHz.
All three systems were running DDR4-3200 memory with the detail that the Ryzen 7 Pro 4700G and Ryzen 5 Pro 4400G ones leveraged 16GB (2x8GB) of memory, while the Ryzen 3 4200G system was one a single 8GB memory module. Therefore, the Ryzen 3 4200G numbers are likely lower than normal since it wasn't taking advantage of a dual-channel configuration that benefits performance in graphics workloads.
AMD Ryzen 4000-Series Renoir Benchmarks
| Model | Fire Strike Physics Score | Fire Strike Graphics Score |
|---|---|---|
| Ryzen 7 Pro 4700G | 23,392 | 4,301 |
| Ryzen 9 4900HS | 21,289 | 4,084 |
| Ryzen 5 Pro 4400G | 19,113 | 4,033 |
| Ryzen 5 3400G | 12,233 | 4,353 |
The Ryzen 7 4700G delivered up to 9.9% higher processing performance than the Ryzen 9 4900HS, which is the flagship chip for mobile Renoir. On the graphics end, the Ryzen 7 4700G's iGPU performed 5.3% better than the Ryzen 9 4900HS. The latter has the same number of CUs as the Ryzen 7 4700G, albeit with a slower 1,750 MHz clock.
One of the Ryzen 7 4700G's best assets is the greatly improved core count over the Ryzen 5 3400G , last generation's flagship SKU. The Ryzen 5 3400G system also employed 16GB (2x8GB) of DDR4-3200 memory, so it's pretty much a level playing field for both processors.
The 3DMark results revealed that you can expect a performance uplift up to 91.2% from the Ryzen 7 4700G in terms of processing power. The iGPU performance between both flagships was pretty close. The Ryzen 7 4700G has three less CUs than the Ryzen 5 3400G. However, AMD makes up the deficit by clocking the CUs more aggressively – up to 2,100 MHz to be exact. The Ryzen 5 3400G's iGPU, which ran at 1,700 MHz, outperformed the Ryzen 7 4700G's iGPU by 1.2%.
The Ryzen 5 Pro 4400G deserves a bit of the spotlight as well. The hexa-core APU performed up to 56.2% faster than the Ryzen 5 3400G. The iGPU performance inclines in the Ryzen 5 3400G's favor as the APU was up to 7.9% faster in the graphics test.
Sadly, the Ryzen 3 4200G submission is for 3DMark 11, so a direct comparison to its peers wasn't possible.
The preliminary results for desktop Renoir look very encouraging on the processing side. This much is to be expected since Zen 2 and the 7nm process node opened the doors to octa-core APUs. It's a shame that the iGPU performance didn't exhibit the same level of gains. That said, overclocking is still on the table, so perhaps it's still possible to squeeze some more performance out of the iGPU in that aspect.