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Title: Is AMD stagnating? Lenovo laptop shows why Ryzen 400 series is partly a flop
Post by: Redaktion on May 04, 2026, 12:40:59
Some product generations don't quite live up to their names. A prominent example is AMD's latest Ryzen AI processors, as demonstrated by the Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 14.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Is-AMD-stagnating-Lenovo-laptop-shows-why-Ryzen-400-series-is-partly-a-flop.1288737.0.html
Title: Re: Is AMD stagnating? Lenovo laptop shows why Ryzen 400 series is partly a flop
Post by: anan on May 04, 2026, 12:58:18
Not to defend AMD but you need to mention that Rizen Ryzen AI 7 450 IS the same processor as the previous gen Ryzen AI 7 350. It just has a 100mhz clock boost with a corresponding meager performance increase. All of this is mentioned on NC CPU page.
Basically, you are doing the same thing as AMD - miss-representing.
Title: Re: Is AMD stagnating? Lenovo laptop shows why Ryzen 400 series is partly a flop
Post by: zaxthealien on May 04, 2026, 23:41:58
Quote from: anan on May 04, 2026, 12:58:18Not to defend AMD but you need to mention that Rizen Ryzen AI 7 450 IS the same processor as the previous gen Ryzen AI 7 350. It just has a 100mhz clock boost with a corresponding meager performance increase. All of this is mentioned on NC CPU page.
Basically, you are doing the same thing as AMD - miss-representing.

Yeah. Rebrandeon being rebrandeon, it's contagious. Ryzen became Rybranden too.
Title: Re: Is AMD stagnating? Lenovo laptop shows why Ryzen 400 series is partly a flop
Post by: Hideo on May 05, 2026, 10:47:27
Quote from: anan on May 04, 2026, 12:58:18Not to defend AMD but you need to mention that Rizen Ryzen AI 7 450 IS the same processor as the previous gen Ryzen AI 7 350. It just has a 100mhz clock boost with a corresponding meager performance increase. All of this is mentioned on NC CPU page.
Basically, you are doing the same thing as AMD - miss-representing.

I cant understand what is your beef with notebookcheck here. Name definitely implies new generation (with the expected benefits new generation should bring) and notebokcheck did really good and professional job explaining actual situation and performance.
If only these standards are more followed around the web, internet would be much better place.
Title: Re: Is AMD stagnating? Lenovo laptop shows why Ryzen 400 series is partly a flop
Post by: Ayymd Defence Force on May 05, 2026, 16:06:22
It's still stagnation no matter how you frame or dice it. Irrespective of whether it's intentional malice or pure incompetence.

And I don't have much sympathy for companies products being miss represented when they themselves are completely inept at it.

Maybe people would be more forgiving if they reduced the prices or at the very least kept them the same but no, they've all been raised for what is essentially yesteryear's performance.