AMD Strix Halo APU with RDNA 3.5 iGPU spotted on Geekbench, outperforms RTX 4060 mobile in Vulkan benchmark

[DragonSlayer101]

What just happened? An upcoming AMD Strix Halo APU has popped up on Geekbench, shedding some light on its key specifications. The chip in question is the Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395, which is expected to be the flagship SKU in the first-generation Ryzen AI Max lineup.

As per the listing, the APU will have 16 Zen 5 cores and 32 threads, a base clock of 3.0 GHz, and a max frequency of 4.4 GHz. It is expected to ship with 64MB of L3 and 16 MB of L2 cache. The processor will also utilize a Radeon 8060S iGPU based on the same RDNA 3.5 architecture as the Ryzen AI 300 "Strix" lineup.

Moving on to the benchmark results, the Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395 scored 67,004 points in the Vulkan API test, which is higher than the 63,264 points notched up by the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 mobile GPU. However, since this is only the initial benchmark score, we can expect it to get even faster after a few driver and firmware updates.

The AI Max+ Pro 395 was tested on the AMD MAPLE-STXH reference evaluation board, suggesting that it is still being tested internally by AMD. The testbed used 64GB of quad-channel DDR5 SDRAM running at 1,994 MT/s, and was powered by 64-bit Windows 11 Pro.

An earlier Geekbench listing had leaked the Ryzen AI Max 390, which is expected to be the second-most powerful chip in the upcoming series. The Ryzen AI Max 385 and Ryzen AI Max 380 are said to make up the rest of the lineup. All will feature Zen 5 CPU cores and RDNA 3.5 iGPUs.

The 390 is rumored to have 12 cores and 24 threads, while the 385 will feature 8 cores and 16 threads. The entry-level SKU, the AI Max 380, will have 6 cores and 12 threads. Default TDPs are expected to be between 55W and 130W.

Moving to the iGPUs, the top two SKUs will reportedly ship with the Radeon 8060S with 40 compute units, while the AI Max 385 is said to feature the Radeon 8050S with 32 CUs. The 380 is expected to only have 16 CUs, though the leaks did not specify the exact iGPU model.

AMD is rumored to unveil the Strix Halo lineup at its press event at CES 2025 next month. Other announcements could include Krackan Point APUs, RDNA 4 GPUs, and more.

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AMD Strix Halo APU with RDNA 3.5 iGPU spotted on Geekbench, outperforms RTX 4060 mobile in Vulkan benchmark

 

[WhoCaresAnymore]

Making Micro's PC's into something that a person can actually game with.

 

[WhiteLeaff]

GeekBench represents absolutely nothing in the real world. It should be forgotten along with Userbench.

 

[Axeia]

Is it finally happening? Did AMD finally make a APU that sidelines both Intel and Nvidia and can serve a large part of the market?

Intel couldn't do the level of graphics (they should be able to nowadays since AMD took way too long) and Nvidia cannot do x86. It's such an obvious step, serve the majority of the market where the competition cannot compete. **60 class performance is what the lions share of the market is fine with, AMD has been in the unique position to fill this spot.

The only problem is that they waited so long to do so that Intel has majorly upped their graphics game and could compete if they need to. ARM now also enough support as to where Nvidia could release something competitive. The idea is good but the timing would have been so much better if they had done this 5 years earlier.

 

[Mr Majestyk]

AMD always wins on theoretical compute and loses on games and in real world compute. If it were RDNA4 gpu cores I might believe it will be better.