The new Ryzen 3000C and Athlon 3000C processors with a 14nm process have finally arrived at Google Chromebooks. These new chips employ Zen+ quad-core and eight-threads designs in combination with Vega’s integrated graphics engine.
AMD Athlon 3000C announced for laptops Chromebooks
To address the entire fast-growing Chromebook market, the new Ryzen 3000C chips join Athlon’s A-series processors, which feature the 28nm process and Bristol Ridge architecture.
With the Ryzen C-Series processors, AMD is targeting high-end Chromebooks that require more processing power and are equipped with advanced features such as Wi-Fi 6 and the latest Bluetooth iteration. However, the Ryzen C processors seem to be a well-known version of the Ryzen 3000U chips.
The Ryzen 7 3700C is the flagship of the C-Series with four cores and 12 nm Zen+ threads operating at a base frequency of 2.3 GHz and up to 4.0 GHz. The chip comes with 10 Vega CUs (computing units), 6 MB cache, and a TDP of 15 W.
The Ryzen 3 3250C will be introduced as a two-cores four-threads version with a base frequency of 2.6 GHz, but with a lower boost frequency of 3.5 GHz. This chip is supplied with 3 Vega CUs and 5 MB cache.
AMD also introduced two 15W Athlon 3000C processors. The Athlon Gold 3150C is supplied with two cores and four threads running on a 2.4 GHz basis and rising to 3.3 GHz. This chip has 5 MB cache and 3 Vega CUs clocked at 1100 MHz. The Athlon Silver 3050C is delivered with two cores and threads, has frequencies of 2.3/3.2 GHz and 5 MB more cache, and two Vega CUs Radeon at 1100 MHz.
AMD’s benchmarks outline impressive performance improvements, but like all benchmarks provided by suppliers, we should view these figures with caution.
Despite a competitive market dominated by solutions such as Intel’s Atom, Nvidia’s Tegra, and Mediatek, AMD has increased its share of the growing chrome book market from 8% in 2019 to 21% in 2020.