A Ryzen 7000 still includes three chipsets under its distinctive rook-shaped lid: two 5nm Zen 4 CPU modules and a new 6nm I/O die with integrated RDNA 2 graphics, DDR5, and PCIe 5.0 controllers, and built-in power management. Intriguingly, AMD marketing director Robert Hallock claims that every Ryzen 7000 processor will contain some of those integrated graphics, so you’ll only need a video card if you need the extra power for business or gaming. Integrated graphics aren’t precisely uncommon on Intel or AMD desktop CPUs, but they aren’t a given.
Another promise is that every AM5 motherboard tier AMD announces today, including the new X670 Extreme, X670, and even the more cheap B650 will include at least one fast PCIe 5.0 NVMe storage slot. AMD claims to be seeing 60 percent faster gains in sequential read speed, which might lead to the legendary 1-second game load times promised by Microsoft’s DirectStorage.
