AMD to Make 'New' 2019-Era 3000G APUs to Sell Old Motherboards

AMD Ryzen 3000G
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In a move seemingly designed to spur sales of older mainstream AM4 motherboards, AMD is reportedly spinning production of its 12nm Zen+ Ryzen 3000G APUs. According to a report on China's Board Channels (via VideoCardz), AMD plans to produce as many as 30,000 new 3000G chips. It's not clear, however, whether the specs of these APUs will change at all or if this will turn out to be new stock of the existing Ryzen 5 3400G and Ryzen 3 3200G.

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Header Cell - Column 0 CPU Cores/ThreadsCPU Base/ Boost (GHz)iGPU - CUsiGPU Base/Boost (MHz)L3 CacheMemory SpeedPCIe LanesTDPProcess
Ryzen 3 3200G4/43.6 / 4.0Vega 8Up to 12504MBUp to DDR4-2933PCIe 3.0 x865W12nm
Ryzen 5 3400G4/83.7 / 4.2Vega 11Up to 14004MBUp to DDR4-2933PCIe 3.0 x865W12nm

Whether or not AMD makes any changes to the clock speeds or other features for these 'new' Zen+ processors, clearly, some price adjustments are in order if it hopes to sell this dated silicon – and help move some old motherboards in the process. While much has been said about the high prices of current-gen hardware (whether that's Ryzen 7000 or Nvidia's current crop of GPUs), it's unclear whether there's much of a market for 2019-era budget APUs unless perhaps the asking price is going to be relatively low. 

After a rough start with the Mattel Aquarius as a child, Matt built his first PC in the late 1990s and ventured into mild PC modding in the early 2000s. He’s spent the last 15 years covering emerging technology for Smithsonian, Popular Science, and Consumer Reports, while testing components and PCs for Computer Shopper, PCMag and Digital Trends.