Exploring the AMD Ryzen 8000 ‘Strix Point’ APU

According to the most recent AMD Ryzen 8000 “Strix Point” APU leak, the chip will include a hybrid configuration of 12 Zen 5 cores and 16 RDNA 3.5 GPU cores.

In the most recent leak, AMD Ryzen 8000 APUs with the codename Strix Point include 16 RDNA 3.5 GPU compute units

The information was obtained by Performance Databases, who had previously released images of a purported AMD Ryzen 8000 “Strix Point” APU sample operating in CPU-z. Now, they are back with fresh details, this time displaying the ES chip running in HWiNFO with all the information deliciousness. Keep in mind that the final specs are based on an early APU sample, thus they may change by the time of release.

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So, to start with the specifics, the AMD Ryzen 8000 “Strix Point” range is anticipated to be available in two designs: monolithic and chiplet. It will be the follow-up to AMD’s first hybrid core implementation, which was made possible by the company’s client CPUs in the current Phoenix series. The Ryzen 8000 “Strix Point” APUs will be available in a Zen 5 and Zen 5C hybrid configuration, same as the Zen 4 and Zen 4C hybrid layout.

The monolithic AMD Ryzen 8000 “Strix Point” APUs would have one CCD and two CCX. One of these CCXs will have a configuration based on 4 cores and 8 threads, while the other will have an 8 cores and 16 threads configuration based on Zen 5C cores. The Zen 5 CCX will have a total of 24 MB of L3 cache on the chip, however the Zen 5C CCX will only have an 8 MB L3 cache. Both CCXs are anticipated to run at the same clock rates, but the Zen 5C cores will be significantly more efficient.

This particular ES SKU is a part of the FP8 platform and has an average clock speed of 2.12 GHz (0.888V). Some measurements might not be accurate since HWiNFO isn’t completely equipped to support the ES portions. The platform was using a 32 GB configuration of LPDDR5-6400 memory.

The AMD Ryzen 8000 “Strix Point” APUs will be equipped with the AMD RDNA 3.5 GPU cores, 8 WGPs (Work Group Processors), and a total of 16 compute units for up to 1024 stream processors on the iGPU side. The memory is reported as 512 MB of GDDR6, which should be a mistake given this is an iGPU and shares memory resources with the CPU cores (LPDDR5/X), even if there is no proof supporting the GPU clock rates.

The primary features of the AMD Ryzen 8000 “Strix Point” APU series are as follows:

• Zen 5C plus Zen 5 (4 nm) Single-Source Design
• Maximum 12 Cores
• 3.5 RDNA Graphics Cores
• 16 or more computing units
• Launch in 2H 2024 (Predicted)

AMD Ryzen APU “iGPU” Configurations:

When the AMD Strix Point APUs launch in 2024, Intel’s Arrow Lake and Lunar Lake will be in direct competition with them. It will be a highly fascinating fight between the two rivals, especially in the mobile and laptop market, since Intel will also be introducing comparable technology such as hybrid cores, chiplets, and expanded graphics cores.

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