AMD Strix Halo iGPU to outperform RTX 4060 mobile

The AMD Strix Halo is a rumoured upcoming line-up of laptop processors with beefy integrated graphics. According to the latest reports, these processors may offer pretty impressive performance, outperforming current-gen processors and trading blows with GPUs like the RTX 4060 and RTX 4070 for laptops. 

Based on previous rumours, the Strix Halo's GPU is expected to contain up to 40 RDNA CUs (2,560 stream processors, 80 AI accelerators, and 40 ray accelerators) with a boost clock speed of 3.0GHz. The new GPU will likely feature the RDNA 3.5+ architecture, an upgrade over the existing RDNA 3 architecture used in the company's latest graphics cards. The primary enhancement is believed to be an improved NPU rather than significant graphics processing advancements.

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On the CPU side, the Strix Halo also seems to be an upgrade, with the top-tier SKU supposedly including 64MB of L3 cache, 16MB of L2 cache, and 16 cores operating at up to 5.8GHz. This is not quite as fast as Intel's Core i9 14900KS desktop CPU, but it is still an impressive feat for a mobile processor. The memory subsystem will supposedly support up to LPDDR5x-8533 memory.

According to this post on Chiphell (via VideoCardz), forum members who supposedly saw photos of the chip dies created the chip layout photos. As a result, the estimated configuration of the chiplets is projected to contain a single SoC die (TSMC N4X node) and two core chiplet dies (TSMC N4P node). The SoC will house the GPU, IO, memory controller, and other auxiliary components, while the CCDs will house the CPU cores, with each CCD housing eight cores.

Performance charts have also been shared, showing that the Strix Halo outperforms the Intel Core i9 14900HX in CPU performance while competing with the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 and RTX 4070 for laptops, depending on the GPU configuration and TDPs.

KitGuru says: Do you think the top-tier Strix Halo APU will be as good as these rumours claim?

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