AMD Fire Range “Zen 5 Enthusiast Laptop CPUs To Retain FL1 Package, Compatible With RTX 50 GPUs

New rumors surrounding AMD's next-gen Fire Range "Zen 5" CPUs which target enthusiast laptops have been revealed, and suggest compatibility with NVIDIA's RTX 50 GPUs.

AMD's Next-Gen Fire Range "Zen 5" Laptop CPUs For Enthusiast Gaming Platforms To Retain Compatibility on FL1 Package, Feature NVIDIA RTX 50 Support

The popular leakier 'Golden Pig Upgrade' on the Chinese social outlet Weibo reports that AMD will be retailing the FL1 socket for the next-gen Fire Range Laptop CPUs based on the Zen 5 architecture. Currently, the FL1 socket is used for the AMD Dragon Range 7045HX processors built using the Zen 4 architecture. With the retaining of the socket, the company is said to save significant costs in producing the upcoming enthusiast-grade laptops.

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The leaker says that even though the AMD's Zen 5 "Fire Range" CPUs will see a 'price increase', due to using the same socket as the Dragon Range, the overall cost of the laptop will be much lower as opposed to what it could be with a newer socket. Adding to that, he said it would be easier for the laptop manufacturers to equip the newer laptops with NVIDIA RTX 50 series GPUs paired with the Zen 4-based Ryzen 7045HX CPUs, since AMD wouldn't need to redesign their motherboards from scratch.

Hence, not only AMD has the choice to use the upcoming AMD Fire Range CPUs but they would be able to save the production costs further by pairing the current-gen 7045HX CPUs with the NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs.

On the other hand, Intel's partners & laptop makers will need to redesign their motherboards to accommodate new GPUs. Since the Intel Core Ultra 200 "Arrow Lake" CPUs for laptops won't be using the same socket as the current 14th-generation chips, they need to invest more in building a new platform for the upcoming GPUs. Hence, AMD will generally have the better value on the high-end side of things.

The AMD FL1 package measures 40 x 40mm and is the