AMD’s 6000 series goes Pro
AMD SEEMS DETERMINED not to let a month go by without launching something. This month, we have a new set of 6000 Pro series laptop processors. These feature Rembrandt architecture with 6nm Zen 3+ cores, and integrated RDNA 2 promising “ultimate performance for professionals”. The top chip is the Ryzen 9 Pro 6950 in H (45W), and HS (35W) flavors. You get eight cores, a 3.3GHz base clock, and a boost speed of 4.9GHz, with 20MB of L2/L3 cache. Below this is the Ryzen 7 Pro 6850 and the 12-core Ryzen 5 Pro 6650, then two ‘U’ low power 28W versions: the Ryzen 7 Pro 6850U, and Ryzen 5 Pro 6650U. The Zen 3+ core brings DDR5 memory, Wi-Fi 6E, USB 4, and Thunderbolt support. There are also three less capable Zen 3 versions to complete the range. The ‘Pro’ tag means you get hardware security features, longterm support, and IT management tools that customers with sensitive data want.