AMD Ryzen Pro 5000: ThinkPad P14s Gen 2 specs reveal Ryzen 7 Pro 5850U & Ryzen 5 Pro 5650U again

[Redaktion]

One part of the AMD Ryzen 5000 lineup for 2021 is still not officially announced: The Ryzen Pro CPUs for business laptops. We have already seen the flagship AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 5850U in action through some leaked benchmarks. The spec-sheet of a recently announced Lenovo ThinkPad reveals specifications of both the 5850U and the six-core Ryzen 5 Pro 5650U.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-Ryzen-Pro-5000-ThinkPad-P14s-Gen-2-specs-reveal-Ryzen-7-Pro-5850U-Ryzen-5-Pro-5650U-again.525676.0.html

[Kelv1n]

I love AMD CPUs, Unfortunately lack of Thunderbolt means it's a bit of a dud...

Maybe next year

[Doghead]

I don't know.. we have had a torrid time with the Lenovo thunderbolt implementation. We actually elected to go USB-C instead as we were getting about a 50% failure on our X380's

[Murak]

Does anyone know what ram P14s Gen 2 AMD is going to use? 3200 or 4266 mhz?

[Numan]

Correct me if I'm mistaken but I'm sure the new USB-C specification, USB4, is practically based off of the latest Thunderbolt protocol and likewise backwards compatible.

So most modern premium computers (including AMD solutions) that are going to be released with the USB-C interface are technically going to bring all the benefits of Thunderbolt, unless the OEMs of course choose to leave it out because it doesn't make sense to have over two ports with 40GB/s capabilities.

I suspect a lot of machines are going to have 1 or 2 USBC-4's and one or two USBC-3.2 Gen 1 & USBC-3.1 Gen 2

[Dorby]

Correct me if I'm mistaken but I'm sure the new USB-C specification, USB4, is practically based off of the latest Thunderbolt protocol and likewise backwards compatible.

So most modern premium computers (including AMD solutions) that are going to be released with the USB-C interface are technically going to bring all the benefits of Thunderbolt, unless the OEMs of course choose to leave it out because it doesn't make sense to have over two ports with 40GB/s capabilities.

I suspect a lot of machines are going to have 1 or 2 USBC-4's and one or two USBC-3.2 Gen 1 & USBC-3.1 Gen 2

Intel TB4's benefits come from directly being integrated into the motherboard, so the difference between TB4 and USB 4(TB3) on non-Intel devices, when they arrive, will still be substantially noticeable.

Especially if you're using bandwidth-constrained devices like eGPU and TB SSDs. Jarrod's Tech channel on youtube has a video comparing older TB3 and TB4's eGPU performance on ultrabooks.