AMD's Medusa Point "Zen 6" APUs have leaked out once again at Geekbench, showcasing even higher performance than earlier.
AMD Medusa Point "Zen 6" CPU Showcases Strong Single & Multi-Core Performance At 2 GHz
A few months ago, we reported the first sighting of AMD's Medusa Point within the Geekbench database. The chip was spotted on the Plum-MDS1 platform, which features the new FP10 BGA socket, and is the Evaluation platform designed for next-gen AMD SoCs in the 28-45W range. The last performance numbers were quite good given that the chip was operating at 2.40 GHz, but now we have new benchmarks.
Once again, the AMD Medusa Point CPU that leaked is listed as a "Ryzen 9" chip with the CPU ID listed as "100-000001713-33_N", and features 10 cores with 20 threads. These are based on the "Zen 6" core architecture and come in a 4+6 configuration, which should be a mix of classic and efficiency-optimized versions of the architecture.
The difference between this and the previous entry is that the new submission operates at 2.00 GHz base and a max clock of 2063 MHz, while the previous chip had a 2.40 GHz base frequency and operated at a max clock of 2007 MHz. Besides the clocks, there's 32 MB of L3 cache listed & 10 MB of L2 cache. The L3 cache is bugged.
Another interesting detail is that this is the first time Geekbench is reporting FP16 "AVX-VNNI" support for the upcoming Zen 6 architecture. This means that AMD is going to offer full FP16 capabilities with its next-gen Zen 6 SoCs, such as Medusa Point APUs. This will help accelerate workloads that utilize the FP16 instruction set.
In terms of performance, the AMD Medusa Point 10-Core APU scored 3174 points in single-core & 15,092 points in the multi-core tests. If you compare with the average performance of the Ryzen AI 9 365 on the same benchmark, we can see that the Strix Point "Zen 5" CPU is now 29% faster in single-core & and 22% faster in multi-core tests.
Geekbench 6 (Higher is Better)
There are definitely better scores for the Ryzen AI 9 365 out there, but the numbers above are the average of all tests to date, & the chip also runs at boost clocks of up to 5 GHz, which is way faster than the 2 GHz clocks that the Zen 6 APU was running at.
This means that Zen 6 is shaping up to be quite a performant architecture, which is to be expected from a new generation of Zen cores. With higher core counts, faster clock speeds, more cache, & interesting new features on the horizon, Zen 6 is going to deliver a complete package for those who have been waiting to update their PCs for a while. AMD Medusa Point APUs are currently slated for a 2027 launch, with more information due at CES 2027.
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