AMD has been unveiling a steady stream of hardware over the last year, with the third-generation Ryzen processors, the RX 5700 and 5500 series graphics cards, and the all-new RDNA architecture. What AMD unveiled today at its CES Media Days press conference proves that the company is still going full steam ahead in the evolution of its CPUs, GPUs, and everything in between.

For starters, AMD will make its third-generation Ryzen 4000 mobile processor available in select laptops during the first quarter of this year; the Ryzen 7 4800U is designed for ultra-thin consumer laptops and features 8 Zen 2-cores, 16 threads, 1. 8 GHz base, up to 4.2 GHz boost, and a TDP (thermal design power) of 15W. [According to AMD, this mobile processor delivers a 4% improvement in single-threaded performance, 90% improvement in multi-threaded performance, and 28% improvement in graphics performance compared to the 2nd generation 12nm Ryzen mobile processor, doubling the performance per watt.

The first laptops, including the new Lenovo Yoga Slim 7, will be available in Q1 2020. A total of more than 100 systems with this processor will be available this year.

The Ryzen 7 4800H, on the other hand, is designed for what AMD calls "desktop-like performance" in gaming and creator laptops: an 8-core/16-thread CPU with a base clock of 2.9 GHz, boost up to 4.2 GHz, and a 45 W TDP. says the Ryzen 7 4800H has the same TDP as Intel's Core i7-9750H, but with 39% better gaming performance. Intel showed this test yesterday. It's already outdated.

AMD claims that the 4800H can deliver a 26 percent performance improvement over Intel's Core i7-9700K desktop processor with a 95W TDP. So basically, the Ryzen 7 4800H offers faster performance at a lower TDP. We will be putting this performance claim to the test in person next month.

This processor will only be available in the new Asus Zephyrus G14 notebook, which will be released in February 2020. The notebook itself weighs only 3.5 pounds, has a battery life of over 10 hours, and has an animated LED marquee on the lid that can be personalized with messages and different colors.

But the announcements were not limited to mobile processors; on January 21, 2020, AMD will release its answer to the GTX 1660 Ti, the RX 5600 XT for $279. This gaming desktop GPU is what AMD calls the "ultimate 1080p" graphics card, designed specifically for 1080p gaming, including esports. compute units, with a base clock of 1375 MHz, boost clock up to 1560 MHz, and 6 GB of GDDR6.

Until we get our hands on one and test it, we will have to go with AMD's claim of 12% to 26% fps increase (at max settings) in games like The Division 2 and Apex Legends compared to Nvidia's GeForce GTX 1660 Ti. The only way to follow is to follow the This seems quite reasonable given where the Radeon RX 5700 stands.

Furthermore, AMD has revealed that both the 5600 and 5700 series will be available in gaming laptops in the first half of 2020. However, its first product, Dell's G5 SE, will be powered by a Radeon 5600M and will be available in Q2 2020 starting at $799. The laptop will include something called SmartShift, which will provide up to a 10% increase in fps without having to reconfigure game settings or the entire system. (AMD says these are preliminary results and these numbers are subject to change.)

Finally, there was one more long-awaited CPU announcement: the Ryzen Threadripper 3990X, a 64-core/128-thread monster CPU. This is not a gaming CPU (and at $3990, it is much more expensive than most high-end gaming rigs), but a super-fast processor for rendering 3D animation and video. AMD claims that the 3990X is 30% faster than Intel's dual Xeon Platinum 8280 and, as a specific example, could render V-Ray output 30 minutes faster. This means that the 3990X can beat Intel's dual-socket competitors at a lower price.

The Ryzen Threadripper 3990X will be available on February 7, 2020.