AMD launches low-power Ryzen 3 2200GE and Ryzen 5 2400GE with integrated Vega graphics

New APUs from AMD boast a TDP of just 35 watts for power-efficient desktops and laptops

AMD has launched two new low-power APUs just a week after releasing its second-generation Ryzen desktop CPUs.

The Ryzen 3 2200GE and Ryzen 5 2400GE chips boast a thermal design power of 35 watts, but have AMD's Vega graphics integrated in the core.

The AMD Ryzen 3 2200GE and Ryzen 5 2400GE follow in the footsteps of the Ryzen 3 2200G and Ryzen 5 2400G, which pack the same number of cores and threads, but much lower power consumption.

This means the chips have lower clockspeeds than their more power-hungry predecessors, but other than that, the CPU and GPU combinations are pretty much the same as their predecessors.

The new 'GE' chips consume nearly half the power of their 65 watt predecessors, which gives PC makers the scope to add chips into their machines that are less likely to suck up power or drain batteries as quickly as the faster chips.

While AMD is presenting the GE chips in desktop form, we can expect them to crop up in laptops as, to state the obvious, energy efficiency in laptops leads to longer battery life.

We can also expect to see the parts pop-up in small form factor PCs, offering users general day-to-day work performance with modest little graphical boost for the odd task that needs it, for a spot of lunchtime gaming.

However, the chips are not powerhouses in terms of processing or graphical grunt: that combination is largely represented by the chipset found with the unexpected, hell-freezes-over partnership between AMD and Intel to put the former's graphics tech with the latter's Core i processors.

AMD has kept quiet about pricing or exact release dates of the GE chips, but we can expect them to pop-up on PC parts stores soon and to be priced at somewhere on the £100 mark.