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Somebody please explain AMD's current CPU lineup. (lemmings.world)

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I was looking for a new Laptop for my personal use. I shortlisted Lenovo Yoga Pro 7 with AMD's Ryzen 9 AI 365. Then I was searching around and found they released a new lineup of Ryzen 9000 series just a month after the AI 300 series's launch.

I am confused here. So confused that I am debating whether to buy a processor with AI jargon in its name.

Will there be good Linux support for this NPU enabled laptops or should I go ahead and buy a ThinkPad P14s with Ryzen 8840HS inside. Both are about similar in price and only thing that keeps me from buying its 60Hz panel (No OLED 120Hz display where I live).

I use Gnome on EndeavourOS.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I go to https://www.amd.com/en/products/specifications/processors.html quite often, as I can filter on any CPU specification and pull up the technical details I need right away.

For the AI 365, https://www.amd.com/en/products/processors/laptop/ryzen/300-series/amd-ryzen-ai-9-365.html, AMD specifically lists Ubuntu and Red Hat as supported.

Ryzen 8000-series, https://www.amd.com/en/products/processors/laptop/ryzen/8000-series/amd-ryzen-7-8840hs.html, same story.

So, to actually answer your question, I think going with the AI 300 series might be a little premature. I tend to wait a generation, sometimes two, before adopting a new architecture or CPU model. There's just no telling what bugs need to be ironed out, what lessons were learned in the fabrication/design process, and so on.

The Ryzen 8000 series is built on a stable, time-tested platform. I would go with that, unless you are the adventurous type.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago

This is not correct. The mobile chips have changed their naming scheme in 2022 to an potentially misleading scheme, where the first number does not mean the architecture but the year it released. See https://www.xda-developers.com/amd-processors-explained/