AMD's upcoming and mainstream-focused Ryzen "Krackan Point" APUs have been spotted in the Openbenchmarking database.
AMD Ryzen "Krackan Point" APUs Target Mainstream Laptops With Fast LPDDR5X-8000 Memory & Up To 8 "Zen 5" Cores
The AMD Zen 5 laptop lineup first launched with the Strix Point "Ryzen AI 300" APUs and now, the company plans on introducing more variants, aiming at both enthusiast & mainstream platforms.
The mainstream focused lineup based on the Zen 5 core architecture will be known as the Ryzen "Krackan Point" series and will be targeting laptops around the $1000 US or lower price point. The APUs were previously stated to feature Ryzen AI 7 & Ryzen AI 5 models, and it looks like one such sample has appeared.
Listed at Openbenchmarking, the AMD 100-000000713-21_N is reportedly an engineering sample of the upcoming Ryzen "Krackan Point" family. This chip features 8 cores, 16 threads, and features a clock speed of 3.95 GHz. The APU was tested on the Birman Plus-KRK evaluation motherboard and this confirms the chip is part of the Krackan Point series. The platform was running 32 GB of LP5X 8000 MT/s memory from Hynix "H58G66BK8BX067N" and while there are no details mentioned for the graphics portion, the chip does feature a maximum graphics clock of 2500 MHz.
In terms of performance, the CPU can be compared to the AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS APU which is part of the Phoenix family. The APU features 8 cores based on the Zen 4 architecture along with the RDNA 3 graphics chip. The performance is slightly lower than the last-gen chip due to its ES nature, but we can expect it to improve substantially as we get closer to launch.
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AMD Ryzen AI HX Krackan Point Expected Features:
- Zen 5 Monolithic Design
- Up To 8 Cores (4x Zen 5 + 4x Zen 5C)
- 16 MB of Shared L3 cache
- 8 RDNA 3.5 Compute Units
- LPDDR5X-8000 + DDR5 Support
- XDNA 2 Engine Integrated
- Up To 50 AI TOPS
- 1H 2025 Launch
- FP8 Platform (15W-45W)
Considering the mainstream nature of these Krackan Point APUs, they will be competing against Intel's Lunar Lake SOCs such as the Core Ultra 200V series with similar core counts and 8 cores based on the RDNA 3.5 architecture. Lunar Lake does cost around the same or more as the Strix Point APUs, so Krackan will have an advantage in terms of pricing.
— Everest (@Olrak29_) October 25, 2024
In addition to the leak, the Krackan Point "Ryzen" APUs were also spotted at NBD.LTD in two configurations, both rated at 28W and designed around the FP8 platform. These include a Ryzen 5 PRO "100-000001600-40" and the Ryzen 7 PRO "100-000000713-40" notebook APUs. We can expect the first Ryzen "Krackan Point" APUs to ship in laptops by early 2025 with an announcement due at CES 2025.
AMD Ryzen Mobility Series:
| CPU Family Name | AMD Sound Wave? | AMD Bald Eagle Point | AMD Krackan Point | AMD Fire Range | AMD Strix Point Halo | AMD Strix Point | AMD Hawk Point | AMD Dragon Range | AMD Phoenix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family Branding | TBD | Ryzen AI 400 | TBD | TBD | Ryzen AI 300 | Ryzen AI 300 | AMD Ryzen 8040 (H/U-Series) | AMD Ryzen 7045 (HX-Series) | AMD Ryzen 7040 (H/U-Series) |
| Process Node | TBD | 4nm | 4nm | 5nm | 4nm | 4nm | 4nm | 5nm | 4nm |
| CPU Core Architecture | Zen 6? | Zen 5 + Zen 5C | Zen 5 | Zen 5 | Zen 5 + Zen 5C | Zen 5 + Zen 5C | Zen 4 + Zen 4C | Zen 4 | Zen 4 |
| CPU Cores/Threads (Max) | TBD | 12/24 | 8/16 | 16/32 | 16/32 | 12/24 | 8/16 | 16/32 | 8/16 |
| L2 Cache (Max) | TBD | 12 MB | TBD | TBD | 24 MB | 12 MB | 4 MB | 16 MB | 4 MB |
| L3 Cache (Max) | TBD | 24 MB + 16 MB SLC | 32 MB | TBD | 64 MB + 32 MB SLC | 24 MB | 16 MB | 32 MB | 16 MB |
| Max CPU Clocks | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | 5.1 GHz | TBD | 5.4 GHz | 5.2 GHz |
| GPU Core Architecture | RDNA 3+ iGPU | RDNA 3.5 4nm iGPU | RDNA 3+ 4nm iGPU | RDNA 3+ 4nm iGPU | RDNA 3.5 4nm iGPU | RDNA 3.5 4nm iGPU | RDNA 3 4nm iGPU | RDNA 2 6nm iGPU | RDNA 3 4nm iGPU |
| Max GPU Cores | TBD | 16 CUs (1024 Cores) | 12 CUs (786 cores) | 2 CUs (128 cores) | 40 CUs (2560 Cores) | 16 CUs (1024 Cores) | 12 CUs (786 cores) | 2 CUs (128 cores) | 12 CUs (786 cores) |
| Max GPU Clocks | TBD | 2900 MHz | TBD | TBD | TBD | 2900 MHz | 2800 MHz | 2200 MHz | 2800 MHz |
| TDP (cTDP Down/Up) | TBD | 15W-45W (65W cTDP) | 15W-45W (65W cTDP) | 55W-75W (65W cTDP) | 55W-125W | 15W-45W (65W cTDP) | 15W-45W (65W cTDP) | 55W-75W (65W cTDP) | 15W-45W (65W cTDP) |
| Launch | 2026? | 2025? | 2025? | 2H 2024? | 2H 2024? | 2H 2024 | Q1 2024 | Q1 2023 | Q2 2023 |
News Sources: @Olrak29_ #1 , @Olrak29_ #2
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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