News AMD Confirms Zen 4 Dragon Range, Phoenix APUs for 2023

is pcie5.0 even worth it for laptops?

seems like would just cause thermal & power usage that isnt really benefiting much
Well if you reduce the number of lanes needed to connected peripherals, that would also the power requirements. Also you can turn them back to gen 4 if needed. That means even better efficiency as gen 5 capable components are running less demanding standards.
 
Now there's something to look up for. I hope desktop APU's will arrive at the same time. In 2023 DDR5 prices should decrease and I'm buying B600 mainboard anyway. If AM5 will have same longevity as AM4 it's not much of a cost to buy a mainboard once a few years.
 
It is really nice to see they're now finally catching up to their main uArch on both GPU and CPU for the APUs. I also hope they find a way to not make them monolithic anymore, at least for the non-ULV ones.

A long time coming, but definitely cool.

Regards.
 
Dr. Ian Cutress
I didn't know he left AnandTech. Now I know why he didn't publish any articles for some time. Too bad, I really did like his storage reviews. Those were one of the best I read on the internet.