The latest AMD Ryzen 8000 "Strix Point" APU leak has been published which point out to 16 RDNA 3.5 GPU cores & 12 Zen 5 cores in a hybrid config.
AMD Ryzen 8000 APUs Codenamed Strix Point Feature 16 RDNA 3.5 GPU Compute Units In Latest Leak
The leak comes from Performance Databases who previously leaked out CPU-z screenshots of an alleged AMD Ryzen 8000 "Strix Point" APU sample and now, they are following up with more information, this time showing the ES chip running in HWiNFO with all the information goodness. Do note that this is still based on an early APU sample so the final specifications are expected to change by the time of release.
So beginning with the details, the AMD Ryzen 8000 "Strix Point" lineup is expected to come in two configurations, a monolithic & a chiplet design. It's going to be the second implementation of a hybrid core approach that AMD kicked off with its client CPUs in the current Phoenix lineup. Just like the Zen 4 and Zen 4C hybrid layout, the Ryzen 8000 "Strix Point" APUs will come in a Zen 5 and Zen 5C hybrid layout.
The AMD Ryzen 8000 "Strix Point" monolithic APUs would carry a single CCD with dual CCX. One of these CCX's will feature a 4 core & 8 thread config based on the Zen 5 CPU cores while the other would feature an 8 core & 16 thread config based on the Zen 5C CPU cores. The Zen 5 CCX will feature the full 16 MB L3 cache while the Zen 5C CCX will feature an 8 MB L3 cache for a total of 24 MB L3 cache on the chip. The clock speeds for both CCX's is expected to remain the same but the Zen 5C cores will offer slightly better efficiency.
This specific ES SKU had an average clock speed of 2.12 GHz (0.888V) and is featured on the FP8 platform. HWiNFO isn't fully decked out to support the ES parts so some metrics may not be correct. The platform was running the LPDDR5-6400 memory in 32 GB configuration.
For the iGPU side, the AMD Ryzen 8000 "Strix Point" APUs will be configured with the AMD RDNA 3.5 GPU cores with 8 WGP's (Work Group Processors) and a total of 16 Compute Units for up to 1024 stream processors. There is no evidence for the GPU clock speeds but for some reason, the memory is listed as 512 MB of GDDR6 which should be an error since this is an iGPU & shares memory resources with the CPU cores (LPDDR5/X).
Following are the main highlights of the AMD Ryzen 8000 "Strix Point" APU family:
- Zen 5 + Zen 5C (4nm) Monolithic Design
- Up To 12 Cores
- RDNA 3.5 Graphics Cores
- Up To 16 Compute Units
- 2H 2024 Launch (Expected)
AMD Ryzen APU "iGPU" Configurations:
| APU Family | Codename | GPU Codename | GPU Compute Units (Max) | TFLOPs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryzen 2000 | Raven Ridge | Vega | 11 Compute Units | 1.76 TFLOPs |
| Ryzen 3000 | Picasso | Vega | 11 Compute Units | 1.97 TFLOPs |
| Ryzen 4000 | Renoir | Vega+ | 8 Compute Units | 2.15 TFLOPs |
| Ryzen 5000 | Cezanne | Vega+ | 8 Compute Units | 2.04 TFLOPs |
| Ryzen 6000 | Rembrandt | RDNA 2 | 12 Compute Units | 3.70 TFLOPs |
| Ryzen 7000 | Phoenix | RDNA 3 | 12 Compute Units | 8.90 TFLOPs |
| Ryzen 8000 | Strix | RDNA 3.5 | 16 Compute Units | ~11 TFLOPs |
The AMD Strix Point APUs are expected to arrive in 2024 which means they will be competing with Intel's Arrow Lake and the follow-up, Lunar Lake. Intel is also going to be implementing similar tech such as hybrid cores, chiplets, and increased graphics cores within its future disaggregated lineup so it will be a very interesting competition between the two adversaries, mainly within the mobile and laptop segment.
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