At an event in South Korea this month Asus unveiled a very compact desktop PC called the PN50. This diminutive desktop measures just 115 x 115 x 49mm (4.5 x 4.5 x 1.9-inch) and weighs 700g (1.5lbs). While it wears similar clothes to the existing Asus PN60, the new PN50 has an important change within. In place of the 8th gen Intel Core processor of the PN60, the new Asus PN50 utilises one of AMD's new Ryzen 4000U APUs.
The following processor options are available for Asus PN50 buyers:
|
Processor |
'Zen 2' Cores / Threads |
Base / Boost Freq |
Cache (MB) |
'Vega' GPU Cores |
GPU Freq |
TDP |
|
Ryzen 7 4800U |
8 / 16 |
1.8 GHz / 4.2 GHz |
12 |
8 |
1.75 GHz |
15W |
|
Ryzen 7 4700U |
8 / 8 |
2.0 GHz / 4.1 GHz |
12 |
7 |
1.6 GHz |
15W |
|
Ryzen 5 4600U |
6 / 12 |
2.1 GHz / 4.0 GHz |
11 |
6 |
1.5 GHz |
15W |
|
Ryzen 5 4500U |
6 / 6 |
2.3 GHz / 4.0 GHz |
11 |
6 |
1.5 GHz |
15W |
|
Ryzen 3 4300U |
4 / 4 |
2.7 GHz / 3.7 GHz |
6 |
5 |
1.4 GHz |
15W |
Once you have settled on your processor choice, the systems have the following common features / expansions options:
- System Memory: 2x DDR4 SO-DIMM up to 64GB RAM
- Storage: M.2 socket for SSD, 2.5-inch drive bay for HDD or SSD, microSD card socket
- Video out: 1x HDMI 2.0 and 1x DisplayPort 1.4
- Audio out: 3.5mm headphone jack, digital audio out via HDMI port
- Networking: Gigabit Ethernet (RJ45), Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5 via Intel AX200 M.2 card
- USB: 3x USB 3.0/3.1 ports, 2x USB 3.1 Gen2 USB Type-C ports with DisplayPort Alt mode support
- Misc: Power button, IR receiver, and HDD LED
AMD launched its Ryzen Mobile 4000-series (Renoir) processors back in mid-March. It includes the U-series (15W) and H-series (45W) sub-series - aimed at ultrathin and gaming laptops, respectively. HEXUS will be testing a Ryzen 7 4800U APU equipped Lenovo YogaSlim 7 in the coming weeks.
Surface Laptop 4 with AMD Ryzen 7 4800U APU rumours
Yesterday Twitter-based data miner Tum Apisak dug up a 3DMark database entry which is thought to come from an upcoming Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 design. The entry, featuring an unknown Microsoft device, featured test results of a system powered by an AMD Ryzen 7 4800U.
If you check out the processor table atop of this article you will see this processor is the most powerful U-series part with 8C/16T, boost clocks up to 4.2GHz, and the fastest integrated Radeon graphics.
