The 8-core "AMD Krackan Point" APU is based on the Zen 5 architecture but is aimed at the affordable laptop segment, harnessing the power of this architecture at a low budget while offering decently powerful integrated graphics.
AMD Ryzen AI 7 350 Appears on PassMark, Delivering 3919 Points in Single-Core test
The anticipated AMD's affordable Zen 5 mobile chips, aka Krackan Point, are pretty close to the official launch. Even though we didn't hear much about it from AMD, leaks have consistently confirmed the presence of such APUs. We have reported about these SKUs in the past few weeks, and today, we witnessed one such leak, revealing the raw power of one of those SKUs and the specifications as well.
This is the "AMD Ryzen AI 7 350," an 8-core/16-thread APU based on the Zen 5 architecture. It's perhaps the most powerful in the lineup, with a 4x Zen 5 and 4x Zen 5c core configuration and Radeon 860M graphics, which was revealed in the PassMark chart. The table clearly shows this is a "laptop"-specific chip with a 2.0 GHz base clock and up to a 5.0 GHz boost clock.
Hence, it's not going to compete with the existing Strix Point lineup, which was launched for the premium laptop segment. The Krackan Point CPUs will cater to the demands of gamers on a budget, offering decent computing power at under $1000. This particular processor was also previously listed on an ASUS Vivobook laptop, which will launch after the Krackan Point hits the market.
As far as its performance is concerned, the AMD Ryzen AI 7 350 is about 3.6% faster in single-core performance than the Ryzen 7 8845HS (A Zen 4 chip) but lacks enough power to beat it in multi-threaded performance. These are still early benchmarks, so we will wait for more such tests before concluding the actual winner. Nonetheless, what's more important is its iGPU performance, which isn't known yet.
It could be equivalent to the Radeon 780M from the previous generation since we already have more powerful Radeon 880M and 890M graphics on the Strix Point APUs. Regarding power consumption, it will feature a 15-45W TDP range, similar to its predecessors. There is one more SKU in the Krackan Point, which goes with the 6-core/12-thread configuration, as was spotted in Geekbench.
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