AMD has expanded Ryzen with its new R1000 embedded processors, an SoC chip that will breathe life into the next Atari VCS video game console. The Ryzen R1000 Embedded processor is mounted in an SoC design on BGA. This means that it is not installed on a normal PC motherboard. The processor is based on the Zen+ architecture in combination with the Vega 3 graphics engine.
This new AMD SoC processor focuses on portable devices like the Smach Z for games or the already mentioned Atari VCS, but can also be very useful in robotics, industrial equipment, digital signage, networking, etc. In total there are two processors that make up the R1000 family, the R1606G and the e R1505G. They are both slightly poorer versions than the V1000 series and come with 2 cores and 4 wires.
AMD emphasizes the ability to process 3 screens at 4K resolution and 60 frames per second, as well as support for a dual 10Gb Ethernet connection. In the performance tests, both chips prove to be superior to the Intel Core i3 based on Whiskey Lake, especially the i3-8145U and i3-7100U.
Complete Specifications
In the complete specification table, we see that the R1606G has a base frequency of 2.6 GHz and can reach 3.5 GHz in boost and 5 MB L2+L3 cache. The R1505G, on the other hand, has a base frequency of 2.4 GHz and reaches 3.3 GHz with the same amount of L2+L3 cache. The only difference between them is the clock frequency. Both have a TDP between 12 and 25 W. AMD aims to achieve the best performance per watt ratio, with an improvement of three times the performance per watt over previous generation models and four times the performance per dollar.