In January 2022, AMD released the Ryzen 6000 series processor at the CES 2022 exhibition. It is built using a 6nm process and supports DDR5 memory. It has up to 8 cores and 16 threads and a frequency of up to 5Ghz. It is mobile platform first. If the processor performance is a normal upgrade, then the improvement in the core display is very strong. It is equipped with RDNA2 core display, has 12 sets of CUs, and the frequency has been increased to 2.4GHz, which is even more powerful than some independent graphics cards.
Although the absolute performance of the Ryzen 6000 mobile platform is not as good as the intel 12th series, it has a higher energy consumption ratio, and the battery life performance is fully ahead of the intel 12th series, even reaching an astonishing more than ten hours of use, while the advanced The core graphics card allows ultrabooks that are mainly thin, light and portable to have the ability to compete with AAA.
In terms of peripherals, the Ryzen 6000 series natively supports PCIe 4.0 x8 graphics cards and x4 peripherals to meet the bandwidth requirements of high-performance independent graphics cards, and supports PCIe 4.0 high-speed SSDs. Another major change is that the USB4 high-speed interface is natively supported. The fastest interface specification in the past was the 40Gbps Thunderbolt interface , but Thunderbolt is a unique heirloom of the next door intel family, which means that the AMD platform will usher in a 40Gbps high-speed interface for the first time. .
In September 2020, the USB Promoter Group officially released USB4, with a transmission bandwidth of up to 40Gbps, an interface type of bidirectional USB-C, and support for 100W USB PD fast charging in terms of charging performance. USB4 can be said to integrate Thunderbolt 3, and is backward compatible with , , USB3.0 and USB2.0, which has great advantages in terms of performance and compatibility.
It has been nearly half a year since its release. Laptops equipped with AMD 6000 series mobile processors from various brands have been launched one after another. However, there is a strange phenomenon: USB4 has been missing. On the product pages of these notebooks, the USB interface specifications are still marked as USB 3.2 Gen2 (10Gbps) full-featured interface, rather than USB4 (40Gbps) specifications. Users are speculating whether there is a problem with USB4 compatibility, causing the high-speed interface to be delayed.
Finally, at the end of June, AMD’s US official website officially updated the Ryzen chipset driver, which added five new driver components, including the USB4 CM driver, version 1.0.0.19, which currently only supports Windows 10 upgrade. Although Windows 11 is still not supported, I believe notebook manufacturers will launch corresponding modified versions. The high-speed interface, which was delayed for nearly half a year, is finally here.
Due to the USB4 driver component design update BIOS, notebook manufacturers are rushing to test and update the corresponding drivers, BIOS, and operation guides. Currently, ASUS ZenBook X13, Lenovo ThinkBook 14 G4+, and ThinkBook 16 G4+ are known to be the first to release new versions of drivers and BIOS.
According to test data released by overseas blogger PCWorld, the USB4 interface of the AMD Ryzen 6000 notebook, when connected to the Thunderbolt high-speed solid-state drive , has a read speed of approximately 2830MB/s, which is several times faster than USB3.2 Gen2 10Gbps. bandwidth, confirming that the Ryzen 6000 interface upgrade is feasible and effective. The blogger
also tested the USB4 interface to connect the graphics card to the dock using an external independent graphics card. The connection between the notebook and the graphics card dock was normal, and the graphics processing performance was greatly improved.
Charging Head Network Summary
AMD Ryzen 6000 USB4, which was half a year late, is finally here. The physical form of the USB4 interface is USB-C. It has the same 40Gbps bandwidth as the Intel Thunderbolt interface, supports high-definition video transmission specifications, and supports the USB PD fast charging standard. It is said that it finally deserves the reputation of "full-featured high-speed interface".
If Intel 12th generation processors are crazy in the field of gaming, the Ryzen 6000, which has excellent battery life, has become the best choice for ultrabooks and all-rounders after installing the USB4 high-speed interface. In addition to being compatible with Thunderbolt 3/4 devices, USB4 is also backward compatible with the USB specification, making it more versatile.
Considering that the mining disaster of virtual currency has begun, equipped with a thousand-yuan graphics card and a graphics card dock, the ultrabook can have the same gaming experience as a game notebook. For the accessories market, the market demand for high-speed accessories will also increase after USB4 is fully popularized. With a huge increase, products such as hard disk boxes, , and graphics card docks will be in the spotlight.
