All AMD Zen 4 processors to pack integrated graphics?
AMD will apparently be taking a page out of Intelβs playbook, by adding integrated graphics to all their upcoming AMD Zen 4 processors. Destined for the AMD AM5 platform, it seems that AMD has pretty big plans to revamp their lineup of processors. With integrated graphics, the rumored AMD Ryzen 7000 series will be more directly comparable against Intelβs offerings.
According to the rumors, AMD will be using the RDNA 2 architecture for the integrated graphics on the Ryzen 7000 series, which is reportedly codenamed Raphael. This should prove quite interesting, especially when paired with DDR5 memory.
Currently AMD offers two distinct desktop lineups, thereβs the APU series, or what AMD calls the βAMD Ryzen Desktop Processor with Radeon Graphicsβ which are denoted with the βGβ or βGEβ suffix, as well as the processors, which are just parked under the βAMD Ryzen Desktop Processorsβ series.
Obviously as gamers, we donβt really care about integrated graphics, but it might come in handy for troubleshooting or some non-gaming workloads. Hopefully by the time Raphael rolls around, AMD Media Framework would be seeing much better adoption, so we can take advantage of it like how creators use QuickSync on Intel.
Speaking of which, AMD is also expected to sell some of their chips without the iGPU enabled, similar to Intelβs processors with the βFβ suffix. Of course, all of this are still rumors at this point, so do take all this with a pinch of salt.
Pokdepinion: I would definitely be getting the version with no integrated graphics, especially if it is cheaper!


