At the low-end of AMD’s portfolio, the corporate makes use of Athlon Gold and Silver naming for elements that provide fewer cores and decrease energy consumption. These elements are nonetheless based mostly on Zen or Zen+ microarchitecture, paired with a small quantity of Vega graphics, indicating that this market is greatest served with one thing that’s at a low-cost to fabricate however nonetheless of ample efficiency for the markets supposed. Sitting beneath these Athlons, two new APUs have popped up in some new Lenovo education-focused designs at this time.
The two new processors dispense with the Athlon naming, as AMD will get proper into it – the AMD 3015e and 3020e use the identical decrease case ‘e’ ending we final noticed on a product line in 2011, indicating the tremendous low energy that these processors are rated for. These processors are given a TDP of 6W with two cores and Vega Three graphics, historically what we see in low price laptops however ample for education-style designs.
The silicon these new processors are based mostly on, we imagine, is AMD’s Dali silicon. It is the smallest of all AMD’s Zen APU silicon choices, already out there as AMD Athlon Mobile. These new elements are available in beneath these specs.
| AMD Dali-based Zen APUs | |||||||
| AnandTech | Cores Threads |
Base Freq |
Turbo Freq |
GPU | GPU Freq |
DDR4 | TDP |
| Athlon Gold 3150U | 2 / 4 | 2400 | 3300 | Vega 3 | 1000 | 2400 | 15 W |
| Athlon Silver 3050U | 2 / 2 | 2300 | 3200 | Vega 2 | 1100 | 2400 | 15 W |
| Athlon 300U | 2 / 4 | 2400 | 3300 | Vega 3 | 1000 | 2400 | 15 W |
| Athlon Silver 3050e | 2 / 4 | – | 2800 | Vega 3 | 1000 | 2400 | 6 W |
| AMD 3015e | 2 / 4 | 1200 | 2300 | Vega 3 | 600 | 1600 | 6 W |
| AMD 3020e | 2 / 2 | 1200 | 2600 | Vega 3 | 1000 | 2400 | 6 W |
If the set-up seems a bit odd, nicely, it’s. The 3015e has simultaneous multi-threading however a a lot decrease GPU frequency and DDR4 assist in comparison with the 3020e. This is perhaps the trade-off on the 6W energy mode.
Lenovo is ready to make use of the brand new AMD 3015e in two of its new schooling designs.
The Lenovo 100e 2nd Gen will use this new chip, Windows 10, Wi-Fi 6, 64 GB eMMC, Four GB DDR4, an 11.6-inch 13×7 show (250 nits), however provide a tough carrying design appropriate for bumps and scrapes in addition to ~12 hours of battery life, with fast charging offering 80% energy in an hour.
The Lenovo 300e 2nd Gen is an analogous construct however provides a 360-degree hinge, pen assist, with an non-obligatory 128 GB SSD. Battery is 42 Wh, rated at ~12 hours.
The 100e will begin at $219 and the 300e will begin at $299, accessible from September. Both units have quite a lot of student-focused software program choices specializing in instructing and safety.
