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Close to Kirin 9000! Mysterious AMD ultra-low-power APU exposure: Zen2+RDNA2

AmD APU processor lineup, Zen2 CPU, RDNA2 GPU this architectural combination, only exist in a variety of custom environments, such as Microsoft Xbox Series X/S and Sony PS5 host, such as Steam Deck handheld.

The BasekMark test database featured an AMD APU processor codenamed "Mero", from the Magic Leap Demophone AR headset, running the Android 10 operating system.

Close to Kirin 9000! Mysterious AMD ultra-low-power APU exposure: Zen2+RDNA2

In fact, as early as 2019, the name Mero appeared, but it disappeared since then, and it never appeared on the official roadmap.

It is generally believed that Mero is a derivative of Van Gogh, both device IDs, Root Complex are the same, but the latter cancels the public product line and is only used for Steam Deck, while the former streamlines the computational vision unit, part of the PCIe channel, and so on.

For the specific specifications of Mero, in addition to the same Zen2, RDNA2 architecture combination, other temporarily unknown, but considering its application environment, power consumption is bound to be lower, should be high-end mobile phone SoC similar level.

In terms of performance, it exceeds the Renoir APU, but lower than the Navi 14 RX 5500 XT, compared to the phone SoC slightly lower than the Huawei Kirin 9000 and slightly higher than the Samsung Exynos 990, but its corresponding device resolution is lower, only 920×720, which is more stained.

Close to Kirin 9000! Mysterious AMD ultra-low-power APU exposure: Zen2+RDNA2

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