AMD's Ryzen AI MAX+ 392 "Strix Halo" SoC has appeared within the first benchmarks just a week after its announcement at CES.
AMD Ryzen AI MAX+ 392 Is a 12-Core Strix Halo SoC With The Full Radeon 8060S GPU, & Offers Great CPU Performance For More Cost-Effective Gaming Laptops
During CES 2026, AMD expanded its Strix Halo or Ryzen AI MAX+ SoC family with two new additions, the Ryzen AI MAX+ 392 and the Ryzen AI MAX+ 388. These were meant to go into more cost-effective laptop configurations, offering 12 or 8-core CPU flavors with the full Radeon 8060S GPUs. ASUS announced the first TUF Gaming laptops based on these chips, and it looks like just a week later, we have the benchmarks leaking out.
In terms of specifications, the Ryzen AI MAX+ 392 features 12 cores, 24 threads based on the Zen 5 core architecture, up to 5.0 GHz clock speeds, and 50 NPU TOPs. Unlike the previous 32 CU (Radeon 8050S) SKUs, the MAX+ 392 and MAX+ 388 both get the full 40 CU Radeon 8060S. This means that OEMs can now roll out more cost-effective and mainstream gaming PCs, such as handhelds, that come with the bigger iGPU configuration.
Furthermore, the new Ryzen AI MAX+ CPUs also leverage faster 8533 MT/s LPDDR5X memory, so users can expect better gaming performance out of the box. The platform still supports up to 128 GB of unified memory, up to 60 TFLOPs of FP16 compute, and great AI capabilities powered by the XDNA 2 core.
For the benchmark, the ASUS TX Air FA401EA laptop was tested, which is essentially the same TUF Gaming A14 design that was revealed last week. The laptop features the Ryzen AI MAX+ 392 with 64 GB LP5X memory running at 8000 MT/s. While the chip has a boost frequency of up to 5.0 GHz, it was running at a tad bit higher clock above 5.0 GHz, which shows just how efficient the Ryzen AI MAX+ SoCs are.
The SoC scored 2917 points in the single-core and 18,071 points in the multi-core tests at Geekbench 6. For comparison, the Ryzen 9 7900X 12-Core Desktop CPU scores 17,740 points in the MT tests, while the 9800X3D Desktop chip scores 18,347 points. The Zen 5 12-Core, Ryzen 9 9900X, scores 19,787 points. So we can see that the Ryzen AI MAX+ 392 delivers a respectable score despite its 5.0 GHz clock speed and limitations for being a mobile chip.
Geekbench 6 (Higher is Better)
It's great to see AMD and its partners finally bringing the full Radeon 8060S GPU configuration, with more cost-effective Strix Halo variants in the market. We are expecting the first platforms to be out in retail by the first half of this year.
AMD Ryzen AI MAX 300 "Strix Halo" APU Lineup:
| SKU Name | Architectures | CPU Cores | Max Clock | Cache | GPU Cores | TDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryzen AI Max+ 395 | Zen 5 / RDNA 3.5 | 16 / 32 | 5.1 GHz | 80 MB | 40 CUs (Radeon 8060S) | 45-120W |
| Ryzen AI Max+ 392 | Zen 5 / RDNA 3.5 | 12 / 24 | 5.0 GHz | 76 MB | 40 CUs (Radeon 8060S) | 45-120W |
| Ryzen AI Max 390 | Zen 5 / RDNA 3.5 | 12 / 24 | 5.0 GHz | 76 MB | 32 CUs (Radeon 8050S) | 45-120W |
| Ryzen AI Max 385 | Zen 5 / RDNA 3.5 | 8 / 16 | 5.0 GHz | 40 MB | 32 CUs (Radeon 8050S) | 45-120W |
| Ryzen AI Max+ 388 | Zen 5 / RDNA 3.5 | 8 / 16 | 5.0 GHz | 40 MB | 40 CUs (Radeon 8060S) | 45-120W |
| Ryzen AI Max 380 | Zen 5 / RDNA 3.5 | 6 / 12 | 4.9 GHz | 22 MB | 16 CUs (Radeon 8040S) | 45-120W |
News Source: @Olrak29_
About the author: A Software Engineer by training and a PC enthusiast by passion, Hassan Mujtaba serves as Wccftech's Senior Editor for hardware section. With years of experience in the industry, he specializes in deep-dive technical analysis of next-generation CPU and GPU architectures, motherboards, and cooling solutions. His work involves not only breaking news on upcoming technologies but also extensive hands-on reviews and benchmarking.
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