AMD Medusa Point "Zen 6" CPUs are making some decent progress, and if we go by the latest benchmark numbers, these are faster than we expected.
10-Core amd Medusa Point Engineering Sample Delivers 3,329 Points in Single and 16,555 Points At 5.4 GHz in Multi-Core Geekbench Tests
Looks like we underestimated the Medusa Point a bit. We continue to see leaked benchmarks for the upcoming Zen 6-based series CPUs, and now, with another set of benchmarks, it's clear that AMD has been aiming for a much higher uplift than we expected.
Nearly 10 days ago, we posted the first-ever benchmarks for a 10-core/20-thread Medusa Point APU, which appeared on Geekbench. The same engineering sample with the CPU ID: 100-000001713-33_N has now appeared on Geekbench once more on the AMD Plum-MDS1 platform. Previously, it scored 3,174 points in a single-core test, but that has been upgraded to a good 3,329 points in the latest benchmarks, which is a decent 5% uplift.
With the previous scores, this 10-core APU was already ahead of the Strix Point 10-core APU, such as Ryzen AI 9 365, by around 29%, but now it's nearly 35% faster.
We took one of the average scores for the Ryzen AI 9 365 chip, ensuring the comparison remains fair. Of course, Geekbench isn't the most reliable platform for hardware comparison, but it does give us a rough idea of where to put the new hardware in the hierarchy according to tier single & multi-core performance.
Geekbench Scores: Medusa Point 10-core APU vs Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 vs Ryzen AI 9 365
As far as multi-core performance goes, we are witnessing some decent uplifts here as well. The engineering sample has scored a good 16,555 points, which is nearly 9% better than the previous result. Overall, this SKU now sits at a much higher position than previously. It also looks like we finally have a taste of Medusa Point "Zen 6" clock speeds which are operating at 300 MHz higher than the fastest Strix Point APUs at this early stage. The fastest recorded clock speed in the test was 5370 MHz which is impressive.
We can't wait to see these SKUs appear on more reliable platforms such as PassMark or Cinebench, where it will be much easier to compare them with the current Zen 5-based SKUs. However, considering we still have several months before its official announcement, these SKUs won't make a lot of appearances at the moment.
News Sources: Geekbench, @9550pro
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