AMD’s ultra-efficient Ryzen 7 Pro 6860Z APU with Zen 3+ architecture is kept exclusive to Lenovo’s Thinkpad Z series laptops.
AMD has launched its Ryzen PRO 7000 series APU lineup based on the Zen 3+ core architecture but there seems to be one SKU that is exclusive to a particular OEM. This particular APU is the Ryzen 7 6860Z and is designed exclusively for Lenovo’s Thinkpad Z laptops. There aren’t a lot of details that AMD itself is sharing for the Ryzen 7 6860Z APU but one would guess that it is a higher-binned variant of the Ryzen 6850U. In their presentation, AMD states that the Ryzen 7 6860Z has been designed in deep collaboration with Lenovo which doesn’t sound that surprising since Lenovo has been getting that exclusive treatment from AMD for a while now ( check Threadripper Pro). NVIDIA GeForce & AMD Radeon Graphics Cards Prices Now Less Than 20% Over MSRP, Good For Gamers But Uncertainty Looms The Crypto Segment The AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z APU is ‘Power-Optimized for industry-leading collaboration’.
