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Rumors: AMD Ryzen 8000 "Strix Point" chips will feature 4 Zen 5 and 8 Zen 5c cores
New insider details on AMD Ryzen 8000 "Strix Point" reveal 12 cores (4 Zen 5, 8 Zen 5c) and powerful RDNA 3.5 graphics with up to a 40% performance boost. Expect a 2024 release.
InsiderHXL shared some intriguing information on his Twitter account, claiming that the upcoming Ryzen 8000 APUs, codenamed "Strix Point," will feature a 12-core monolithic design with a heterogeneous architecture and powerful integrated graphics.
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The upcoming Ryzen 8000 processors will utilize four high-performance Zen 5 cores with 16MB of L3 cache, alongside eight relatively power-efficient Zen 5c cores featuring an 8MB buffer. This configuration will bring the total core/thread count for the upcoming APUs to 12/24.
Beyond that, the Ryzen 8000 "Strix Point" APUs will also boast high-performance integrated graphics based on the RDNA 3.5 architecture. If HXL is to be believed, this new IGP will feature a substantial 16 compute units, translating to 1024 stream processors.
Theoretically, this could provide an approximately 40% boost in graphics performance compared to current integrated GPUs like the Radeon 780M.
As a reminder, AMD's Strix Point chip lineup is slated for a 2024 release. Around the same time, Intel is expected to launch its Arrow Lake processors, where the blue giant will focus on bolstering the graphics component of its hybrid CPUs to effectively compete against AMD's APUs.
