Although AMD just launched its Ryzen 5000 CPUs for the desktop market, we’re already seeing the mobile counterparts in various leaks and rumors. An Acer Aspire 5 laptop, powered by a Ryzen 5 5700U APU was recently listed by Amazon Italy (via NBC):
The 5700U is expected to be a Lucienne part, utilizing the Zen 2 cores on the CPU side and a further refined version of the Vega integrated graphics. The Ryzen 5000 APU lineup is expected to consist of both Cezanne and Lucienne SKUs, with the former utilizing the Zen 3 core and the latter being based on the older Zen 2 design. You can read more about that here.
| APU | Codename | C/T | Base/Boost | iGPU | L3 Cache | OPN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryzen 7 5800U | Cezanne | 8/16 | 2GHz/4.4GHz | 8CUs 2GHz | 16MB | 100-0000000285 |
| Ryzen 7 5700U | Lucienne | 8/16 | 1.8GHz/4.3GHz | 7CUs 1.8GHz | 12MB | 100-0000000371 |
| Ryzen 5 5600U | Cezanne | 6/12 | 2.3GHz/4.2GHz | 7CUs 1.8GHz | 12MB | 00-0000000287 |
| Ryzen 5 5500U | Lucienne | 6/12 | 2.1GHz/4GHz | 7CUs 1.8GHz | 8MB | 100-0000000375 |
| Ryzen 3 5400U | Cezanne | 4/8 | 2.6GHz/4GHz | 6CUs 1.6GHz | 8MB | 100-0000000288 |
| Ryzen 3 5300U | Lucienne | 4/8 | 2.6GHz/3.85GHz | 6CUs 1.5GHz | 4MB | 100-0000000376 |
The Acer Aspire 5 laptop listed features 8GB of DDR4 memory and a 512 GB SSD. With respect to I/O, it comes with an RJ-45, 2x USB 3.1 Type-A, 1x USB 2.0 Type-A, and 1x USB 3.2 Type-C connectors. As you can see, this is supposed to be a budget offering, as is reflected by the 779 Euro price tag.
Of course, the listing has now been removed, but thanks to the above mentioned source, we have a snapshot of the same. The laptop was supposedly going to start selling in Feb 2021, once again indicating a CES 2021 launch for the Ryzen 5000 mobile APUs.
Over the last year or so, AMD has been aggressively pursuing the notebook market, gaining an all-time high market share of 22% by the end of Q3 2020. This isn’t a surprise as the portable PC market is much wider than the DIY PC segment and has a notably higher reach.
