AMD Ryzen 7000 RDNA2 GPU features confirmed

AMD Ryzen 7000 are the first desktop Ryzen non-G series to feature RDNA2 graphics.

Ryzen 7000 iGPU has powerful video decoding and display output specs. AMD today reaffirms that the built-in RDNA2 GPU has two Compute Units. As mentioned before, the iGPU is part of the new 6nm IOD die on the AM5 package. This new ‘disintegrated’ approach to Ryzen chiplet design gives AMD flexibility to upgrade and mix chiplets in future Ryzen CPUs.

AMD Ryzen 7000 IOD with RDNA2 GPU, Source: AMD

The built-in RDNA2 GPU has powerful video encoding and decoding capability for the most popular codecs. It supports decoding and encoding for H.264 and H.265, but also decode for AV1, which is a new standard gaining popularity thanks to Intel Arc and NVIDIA RTX 40 series. AMD RDNA2 graphics already support AV1 decoding on Ryzen 6000 mobile CPU series as well as on Radeon RX 6000 GPUs.

The GPU supports HDMI 2.1, and DisplayPort 2.0 and Type-C DP mode. It is worth noting that even NVIDIA RTX 40 series do not support DP 2.0 standard, so NVIDIA, better take a note. This standard will be available with Intel ARC GPUs, though.

AMD Ryzen 7000 IOD features, Source: AMD

The I/O die supports faster DDR5-5200 JEDEC memory specs compared to existing platforms (Intel Alder Lake is 4800 MT/s by default). The IOD also has support for up to 28 PCIe Gen5 lanes to be utilized by next-gen GPUs and storage solutions.

Later today, AMD will lift the embargo on Ryzen 7000 reviews, so we eagerly await first reviews of built-in RDNA2 graphics as well. All Ryzen 7000 SKUs have the same IOD die with RDNA2 GPU clocked at 2.2 GHz. That’s 0.563 TFLOPS of single precision performance, so an equivalent of 1/3 of Steam Deck’s GPU.

Source: AMD