AMD Ryzen AI 165 Strix Point APU emerges

Following the spotting of the unannounced Ryzen AI 9 HX170, another leaker now mentions a different Ryzen CPU with the same naming scheme. This new APU is the “Strix Point” Ryzen AI 165.

The AMD Zen 5 product series summary shared by Golden Pig Upgrade (via @harukaze5719) provides new details on an undisclosed 10-core Strix Point processor known as the “Ryzen AI 165”. Additionally, it includes some specs of the Ryzen AI 9 HX170. Both Strix Point APUs will use Zen 5 and Zen 5c cores, an integrated NPU, and an iGPU with 16 RDNA 3.5 cores.

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However, it also confirms prior disclosures, such as the shipment manifest that included Granite Ridge desktop CPUs, Strix Point APUs, and Fire Range mobile CPUs. Additionally, it corroborates other previous rumours surrounding the Strix Point Halo Mobile APU. The Strix Halo, using only Zen 5 cores, will be a multi-chip package with two distinct CPU dies (CCDs) and one graphics die, with the CPU dies wholly comprised of 8 Zen 5 cores each, for up to 16 cores. Its graphics capabilities will be considerably higher than those of Strix Point, as it's expected to pack 40 RDNA 3.5 cores and a supplementary NPU operating at almost twice the TOPS of the Strix Point.

The Granite Ridge, AMD's codename for Zen 5 desktop CPUs, shares many specifications with Fire Range, AMD's upcoming high-end laptop CPU series. These processors will be MCMs (multi-chip modules) equipped with up to two Zen 5 CCDs and an IOD on the N6 node. The Granite Ridge/Fire Range CPUs will have up to 16 cores. A planned X3D version will increase the L3 Cache to 128MB.

One intriguing twist in the leak is that Granite Ridge and Fire Range are claimed to have two RDNA 3 units (3 CUs each), contradicting the reports that these platforms would reuse the Raphael IOD with RDNA 2 CUs. Neither Granite Ridge nor Fire Range will have an NPU.

The summary also mentions Kraken Point APUs (referred to as “Krackan”), which are expected to be released in 2025. Kraken Point looks like a cut-down version of Strix Point, coming in a monolithic chip package with a maximum of 8 CPU cores (4 Zen 5 + 4 Zen 5c), an L3 cache of 16MB and up to 8x RDNA 3.5 CUs. However, the NPU looks the same as on Strix Point, offering the same 40 TOPS of AI performance.

The Zen 5 architecture is expected to debut in late 2024 with Strix Point.

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