Valve Fremont Spotted With Custom AMD Hawk Point 2 SoC: 6 “Zen 4” CPU Cores, 16 MB L3 Cache, 4.8 GHz Clocks & Radeon RX 7600 “RDNA 3” GPU

Valve appears to be preparing a brand-new gaming console, called Fremont, which features a custom AMD SoC with 6 cores & a Radeon 7000 GPU.

Valve Readies Fremont Gaming Console With AMD Hawk Point 2 SoC, Packs Zen 4 CPU Cores & Radeon RX 7000 "RDNA 3" GPU

The Valve Fremont device, which is expected to be a gaming console, has appeared in the Geekbench database and was spotted by @SadlyItsBradley. The device features the "Fremont" codename and makes use of a custom AMD CPU "1772" which is part of the "Family 25 Model 124 Stepping 0" family. This is related to AMD's Hawk Point 2 or Gorgon Point series.

The Geekbench information shows that the AMD SoC for Valve's Fremont device features 6 cores and 12 threads. Since Hawk Point 2 is referenced, the chip should be based on the Zen 4 core architecture, and is going to utilize a 4nm process node. The chip also carries 16 MB of L3 cache, 6 MB of L2 cache, and runs at a clock frequency of 3.20 GHz at base and up to 4.80 GHz. The chip is based on the FP7 socket.

For comparison, AMD's Van Gogh devices for Galileo (Steam Deck OLED) and Jupiter (Steam Deck) gaming handhelds feature a custom Ryzen SoC called Aerith/Sephiroth. These feature 4 cores, 8 threads, based on the older Zen 2 core architecture, with clock speeds of 2.80 GHz at base, and 3.5 GHz boost, and carry 4 MB of L3 and 2 MB of L2 cache. So a pretty big upgrade in terms of CPU specifications alone.

To quickly sum up the differences between the Valve Galileo (Steam Deck OLED) and Valve Fremont devices:

• 6 Zen 4 Cores vs 4 Zen 2 Cores
• 12 CPU Threads vs 8 CPU Threads
• 3.2 GHz Base Clock vs 2.8 GHz Base Clock
• Up To 4.8 GHz Boost vs Up To 3.5 GHz Boost
• 16 MB L3 Cache vs 4 MB L3 Cache
• 6 MB L2 Cache vs 2 MB L2 Cache
• RX 7600 "RDNA 3" GPU vs 8CU "RDNA 2" GPU

There were also rumors that the next-gen Steam Deck 2 handheld would adopt the Aerith Plus SoC, which has been spotted recently, but those were turned down real quick. Instead, the Aerith Plus SoC might be used for something else.

Also, we don't know if this particular SoC featured on the Valve Fremont device is going to be Aerith Plus or if it will be called something else entirely. Aerith Plus is a 20W SoC and is based on the specs & features of LPDDR5-8533 memory, while the Fremont device houses standard DDR5-5600 memory.

One of the biggest details about the Valve Fremont device is that it features the AMD Radeon RX 7600 series GPU, based on the RDNA 3 architecture. AMD doesn't use the Radeon RX 7000 series branding on any of its integrated GPU solutions, so it is likely to be a discrete solution. No specs of this particular GPU are provided, but it could feature anywhere from 28 to 32 compute units with at least 8 GB of dedicated memory. The existing Steam Deck & Steam Deck OLED consoles only feature 8 RDNA 2 compute units, so another major upgrade.

In terms of performance, the Valve Fremont device scored 2412 points in the single-core and 7451 points in the multi-core tests at Geekbench 6. The device was equipped with just 8 GB of memory, much smaller than the 16 GB on the handhelds, but the new core architecture delivers almost 2x the performance.

Previous data mines pushed more into console territory

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It is also stated that previous data mines suggest that Valve Fremont is more likely to be a gaming console than a handheld, but we will see when Valve officially announces the new product. Maybe it will end up being part of a new generation of Steam OS consoles or gaming platforms.

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