Ryzen 7000G launch imminent as latest AGESA update adds AM5 desktop motherboard support for AMD Phoenix APUs

A Gigabyte AM5 compatibility table with what looked like Ryzen 7000G APUs was uncovered via the company’s hack that occurred late last year. AMD has not updated its mobile-grade APUs for desktops since the release of the Ryzen 5000G family, and this seemed like good news for DIY desktop PC builders looking for a decent iGPU solution. Admittedly, all desktop processors starting with the Ryzen 7000 series now integrate an RDNA3 GPU, but these are 2 CU versions of the more powerful models that come with the acclaimed Phoenix mobile APUs. The latest AGESA 1.0.8.0 firmware update for the AM5 platform is now confirming the imminent release of the desktop-grade Phoenix APUs, so we can expect an official announcement soon, possibly later this month along with the Threadripper PRO 7000 processors.

Besides integrating the newer Zen 4 CPU cores, the inclusion of the powerful Radeon 700M iGPUs featuring RDNA3 cores in the Ryzen 7000G desktop APUs should bring a significant performance increase over the previous gen Ryzen 5000G models that feature only the old Vega iGPUs. If the mobile-grade Phoenix design is getting 100% translated to desktop form, we should also see the AI accelerator cores making their debut on the AM5 platform.

Further proof that the Phoenix design is coming to desktops is put forward by a BIOS update containing the AGESA 1.0.8.0 microcode for all B650 motherboards from Asus. The 1807 BIOS update release notes mention support for an “upcoming CPU.”

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