While AMD announced its own Ryzen 6000 mobile processors earlier this year, now is the time for the Ryzen PRO 6000 chips, which are announced today. The company calls them the world’s most advanced processors for business laptops, which is a bold claim because these processors stand up to 12th-generation Intel vPro chips.
First of all, AMD talked about performance a lot. It’s worth noting that a lot of this stuff isn’t particularly new, because performance should be pretty comparable to consumer parts. In fact, we’ve had laptops announced with these chips since CES, with the new Lenovo ThinkPad Z series. Any business laptop that uses AMD Ryzen processors should have the PRO variants.
AMD promises best-in-class performance with Ryzen PRO 6000
Specifically, the new processors announced today include the Ryzen 6000H and Ryzen 6000 U, and updated SKUs for the Ryzen 5000 U. The Ryzen PRO 6000 chips are built on the new Zen 3+ architecture, which uses a 6nm node and promises up to 30% Faster CPU performance. Also, with RDNA 2 graphics, AMD promises double the graphics performance.
Speaking of performance, AMD took the time to compare its U-series processors, which usually can be boosted at 15W to a 30W TDP, and line up with Intel’s new 28W P-series chipsets. It claims to beat Cinebench R23 multithreaded and graphics performance, Passmark 10, PCMark 10, PCMark 10 Extended, and PCMark 10 Productivity. Intel still wins the single-core Cinebench R23, which isn’t surprising given how well Intel performs in single-core benchmarks.
It’s not just about performance. AMD promises best-in-class battery life. Using MobileMark 2018 on an HP EliteBook 865 G9, which has a Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U and a 76Whr battery, it came in at 26.15 hours. On the HP EliteBook x360 1040 G8 with a Core i7-1165G7 and 78WHr mixture, it clocked 22.25 hours. Using the same processor, the device promises up to 29 hours of video playback, and up to 45% better battery life in Teams calls when compared to the Intel Core i7-1260P processor.
With great PRO comes great security
AMD Ryzen PRO 6000 is the first x86 processor family to include Microsoft Pluton, which is a big deal. The only other place we’ve seen so far is in Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 chipset. Pluton does a number of things, including protecting against physical attacks, but it also offers close integration between hardware and software. This was something that had already been used in Xbox consoles for a while, and you might remember that AMD makes the chips in them as well.
Besides the security features, there are also management features, such as Windows Autopilot support, which allows administrators to quickly and easily set up new Windows devices. Also, as you would expect, there is support for modern management solutions such as Microsoft Endpoint Manager. The company also promises 18 months of planned software stability, 24 months of planned availability, and improved QA + validation—all things that are paramount when companies choose the type of processor they want.
There are a lot of laptops already announced with these new processors. You’ll find the Ryzen PRO 6000 in the HP EliteBook 800 G9, Lenovo ThinkPad Z-series, and ThinkPad T-series. You’ll find Ryzen PRO 5000 chips in the HP EliteBook 600 G9, ProBook 400 G9, and HP 200 G9, along with Lenovo ThinkPad L-series, ThinkPad E-series, V-series, and ThinkBooks. AMD hasn’t confirmed partners besides HP and Lenovo, though it said others are coming.
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