AMD's Ryzen AI Max+ 395 'Strix Halo' APU Leaks: Powerful Performance in ASUS ROG Flow Z13

AMD Ryzen AI Max Plus 395 benchmark has leaked -- packed into a new Asus ROG Flow Z13 gaming 2-in-1

There are a few weeks left until CES 2025, but a series of leaks gives us an idea of what to expect from chip manufacturers. We've already seen plans revealed from Nvidia and Intel today. In the case of AMD, the regular version of the company's Ryzen AI Max Plus 395 (codenamed Strix Halo) has seemingly just appeared on Geekbench. This new APU will likely power an update to the Asus ROG Flow Z13 gaming hybrid to sweeten the deal. According to a retailer listing (h/t VideoCardz), the new ROG Flow will debut with AMD's Strix Halo under the hood. The original was revealed at CES 2022, so its appearance at next month's show would make sense. The Pro variant of Strix Halo appeared some months ago on benchmarking sites, but this is our first look at how the regular versions of CPU and GPU will perform. A reminder: these will be AMD's top-tier processors for laptops and desktops in 2025, so you can expect to hear a lot more about them in the coming months. The single-core score for the AMD Ryzen AI Max Plus 395 is reportedly 2,894 points in Geekbench, which may not seem too impressive. As Notebookcheck.net points out, it falls behind Intel's Raptor Lake Core i9 CPU from last year. But the multi-core performance tells a whole different story. The multi-core score for the Strix Halo APU is reportedly 20,708 points. Not to put too fine a point on it, but it blows the likes of Intel's x86 chips out of the water. It can't match the sheer power offered by Apple's M4 Pro (with two fewer CPU cores and ARM architecture). In our testing, we benchmarked Apple's chip's multicore performance as 22,822 inside a MacBook Pro 16-inch. But what's in store from AMD is still a monstrous chip that'll come to the fore when discussing graphical gaming performance. The Ryzen AI Max Plus 395 -- like the Pro variant -- packs six cores based on the Zen 5 microarchitecture, and there are integrated Radeon 8060S graphics. In essence, it'll be capable of RTX-4069-level gaming and may even compete with mid-range laptops featuring RTX 4070 GPU. Not to mention the improvements in power efficiency and, therefore, battery life. This is where we come to the Asus ROG Flow Z13, which could be described as the combined offspring of a Microsoft Surface tablet and a gaming laptop. The form factor will probably remain unchanged -- a 13-inch gaming-focused tablet with a kickstand and detachable keyboard. It might not have the raw power of the iPad Pro M4, but gamers will probably find a lot more to like about Asus' offering if (or when) it becomes official at CES 2025 next month.

ASUS ROG Flow Z13 Gaming Laptop, Featuring AMD Strix Halo "Ryzen AI MAX+ 395" APU Listed & Benchmarked, iGPU Faster Than RX 7700S

ASUS's upcoming ROG Flow Z13 gaming laptop, which features AMD's top Strix Halo "Ryzen AI MAX+ 395" APU, has been listed & benchmarked. AMD's Strix Halo "Ryzen AI Max+ 395" scores a solid 20,000+ points in Geekbench multi-core test, and features Radeon 8060S integrated graphics The upcoming AMD Strix Halo CPUs have appeared a couple of times in Geekbench and this can get confusing if you think this is the same CPU we reported about a week ago. This isn't the Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395, but it's the non-PRO edition "Ryzen AI Max+ 395" that has similar specifications except for the core clocks. The AMD Ryzen AI MAX+ 395 "Strix Halo" APU was a part of the upcoming ROG Flow Z13 gaming laptop, model: GZ302EA, and was benchmarked on Geekbench 6.3. It delivered 2894 points in single-core and 20708 points in multi-core tests, which easily outperformed the flagship Zen 4-based AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX. The latter roughly delivers the same single-core performance but multi-core performance has been improved drastically on the Strix Halo CPU, which is roughly 25-30% better than 7945HX. As the standard Strix Point "Ryzen AI 300" APUs don't have any 16-core CPU, it wouldn't be fair to compare the Ryzen AI Max+ 395 to any of those. Still, if we compare the processor against the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 in single-core performance, we get a similar score on Geekbench, which is expected since both use the same Zen 5 architecture. This is due to the clock speeds being very similar to the single-core boost. The more interesting stuff will be the iGPU performance of the Strix Point APUs since the Radeon 8060S will bring 40 Compute Units. This is a drastic uplift over the existing APU lines. Nonetheless, the Geekbench page has revealed the specifications of the processor, including the 16-core/32-thread core configuration, 3.0 GHz of base frequency, and a nearly 4.0 GHz boost clock. The processor will boast dual CCDs with 32 MB of L3 cache on each. The iGPU manages to end up faster than the RX 7700S, which is a 32 compute unit chip based on the RDNA 3 architecture. The mobility chip does feature more power, so it has an advantage there, but the 40 CUs on the Ryzen AI MAX+ 395 still end up faster, which is quite awesome to see for an integrated solution. The upcoming ASUS ROG Flow Z13 GZ302EA laptop will be a convertible laptop with a detachable keyboard like the existing ones and will boast a 13.4" screen size with a 2560x1600p resolution. As listed on two different retail websites (ALGO and KOMP, both are Russian retailers), it will feature 32 GB of RAM, 1TB SSD storage, and Windows 11. Both pages have revealed the laptop's full specifications, including hardware, connectivity, weight and dimensions, etc. However, the price and release date haven't been disclosed. Since Strix Halo will launch in the early part of 2025, we expect the laptop to be released around the same time frame.

AMD's new Ryzen AI Max+ 395 'Strix Halo' APU inside ASUS ROG Flow: faster than 7945HX3D CPU

AMD's new flagship Strix Halo APU -- the Ryzen AI Max+ 395 w/ Radeon 8060S -- will power the new ASUS ROG Z13 Flow gaming tablet, with new leaks on Geekbench teasing performance. In a Geekbench run, the ASUS ROG Flow Z13 gaming tablet was benched with the Ryzen AI Max+ 395 "Strix Halo" which features 16 cores and 32 threads of Zen 5 processing power, and integrated Radeon 8060S graphics which feature a whopping 40 Compute Units of RDNA 3.5-based GPU. This is a huge 2.5x increase over the Strix Point laptop, which already offer a decent amount of performance for their power envelope (and far less RDNA 3.5 GPU cores). The ASUS ROG Flow Z13 is an ultra-light, 13-inch 2-in-1 laptop design which has been designed for gaming. The current-gen ROG Flow Z13 features up to an Intel Core i9-13900H processor and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 graphics, with the new Strix Halo APU-powered ROG Flow expected to beat that... not too damn bad considering it's an APU (with CPU + GPU) vesus a separate CPU + GPU. AMD's new Strix Halo APU inside of the ASUS ROG Flow Z13 gaming tablet scores 2849 points in the single-core run of Geekbench, and 20,708 points in the multi-core tests. These results are higher than AMD's flagship laptop CPU, the Ryzen 9 7945HX (which scores 2736 points, and 15,896 points, respectively) while the Ryzen 9 7945HX3D scores 2763 points, and 16,393 points, respectively. AMD is reportedly working on new Strix Halo APUs that will be split into three newly-rumored SKUs: the Ryzen AI Max+ 395, Ryzen AI Max 390, and Ryzen AI Max 385 each with differing CPU and GPU core counts. Each of the new Strix Halo APUs will support up to a monster 96GB of DDR5 RAM, which completely destroys the hardware limit of just 32GB of on-package memory with Intel's soon-to-be-here Core Ultra 200V series "Lunar Lake" processors. AMD's new Strix Halo APUs will include two CCDs with 8 cores each, with the lowest-end Ryzen AI Max 385 featuring 8C/16T, this chip has just one of the CCDs enabled (the other is disabled). But, the higher-end SKUs will have 12 cores and 24 threads and the monster 16 cores and 32 threads (this is just an APU, not a laptop or desktop processor, so 16C/32T is nuts). The ability of supporting up to 96GB of RAM is a very important milestone for AMD, as Intel's bleeding-edge Lunar Lake CPUs ship with only two memory options: 16GB and 32GB. Now, don't get me wrong... it's impressively done: on-package memory, sitting next to the SoC itself. That is impressive, but the 32GB hard limit is pathetic for laptops that are selling on the tail end of 2024, and into 2025.

AMD's flagship Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395 'Strix Halo' APU with Radeon 8060S GPU leaked

AMD's upcoming flagship Strix Halo APU has been spotted, with the new Ryzen AI Max+ 395 processor getting churned through Geekbench, ahead of its CES 2025 reveal. The new AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 "Strix Halo" APU was spotted on Geekbench with the full name of "AMD RYZEN AI MAX+ 395 w/ Radeon 8060S" confirming that the flagship Strix Halo includes the "Max+" naming scheme, dropping the "9" that we saw with Strix Point APUs. AMD's new Ryzen AI Max+ 395 processor will feature 16 cores and 32 threads of Zen 5 CPU power, with the largest amount of integrated GPU cores with 40 RDNA 3.5-based Compute Units. We should also see 32MB of L3 cache per CCD, for a total of 64MB of MALL cache. We'll see up to 96GB of RAM supported on the flagship Ryzen AI Max+ 395 processor, too. As for the integrated RDNA 3.5-based GPU, the Radeon 8060S scored 67,004 points in the Vulkan test of Geekbench, which is lower than the slowest RDNA 3-based Radeon RX 7600 in discrete GPU form, which scores 90,577 points. This is a 40 CU vs 32 CU fight (Radeon 8060S versus Radeon RX 7600) with the Strix Halo APU limited by form factor (laptops, handhelds) and TDP given its an integrated GPU versus discrete. We've heard in previous leaks that the flagship Strix Halo APU will have performance that "at least trades blows" with NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, so AMD's huge reveal at CES 2025 in not even a month's time.

AMD Ryzen AI MAX+ 395 Processor Benchmark Evaluation Versus Ryzen 9 7945HX

The AMD Ryzen AI MAX+ 395 processor, part of the Strix Halo series, was listed in the Geekbench benchmark database on the 16th, showing a multi-core performance approximately 30% higher than the Ryzen 9 7945HX. This processor features a 16-core CPU and a Radeon 8060S GPU. Although a maximum frequency of 3939 MHz was reported, it is likely inaccurate and may not reflect actual performance. The Ryzen AI MAX+ 395 includes artificial intelligence enhancements, indicating AMD's focus on using AI to improve computational efficiency and overall performance. The ASUS ROG Flow Z13 notebook, model GZ302EA, is equipped with the Ryzen AI MAX+ 395 processor and has shown strong performance in the Geekbench 6 benchmark test, achieving a single-core score of 2894 and a multi-core score of 20,708. Compared to AMD's previous flagship mobile processors, the Ryzen 9 7945HX, which also has 16 cores based on the Zen 4 architecture, the Ryzen AI MAX+ 395 performs better. The Ryzen 9 7945HX scored 2736 in single-core and 15,896 in multi-core tests, while the Ryzen 9 7945HX3D with 3D V-Cache technology scored 2763 in single-core and 16,393 in multi-core tests. The benchmark results indicate that the Ryzen AI MAX+ 395 processor's single-core performance is approximately 4.74% to 5.77% higher than the Zen 4 architecture's 16-core mobile processors. In multi-core performance, the Strix Halo flagship processor is 30.27% better than the Ryzen 9 7945HX and 26.32% better than the Ryzen 9 7945HX3D. Source: ithome

AMD Strix Halo graphics leaks: Everything we know about AMD's new flagship

AMD's Ryzen AI platform may have launched just this summer, but the highest-tier variant is still a mystery. AMD's upcoming flagship silicon, referred to by the codename "Strix Halo" has been kept well under wraps, but the chip resurfaced this week thanks to a new graphics benchmark leak. VideoCardz spotted a new Geekbench Vulkan graphics benchmark for the AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395 with Radeon 8060S, confirming the official retail name for the "Strix Halo" platform. Based on the latest leaks and previous rumors around the chip, we now know what to expect from the AMD APU, and can make some guesses about potential platforms, or even when we might see an official announcement. So let's get into it. AMD considers "Strix Halo" or the AMD Ryzen AI Max+ chip to be an APU (accelerated processing unit). Essentially these chips combine a CPU and GPU into a single unit and function as a middle ground between GPUs integrated into the CPU and discrete GPUs. The leaked "Strix Halo" Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395 does have a Radeon 8060S GPU, but because this is an APU chipset, the graphics performance won't be comparable to a desktop 7600. So while the Geekbench Vulkan score of 67,004 for the Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395 is pretty far behind the Radeon RX 7600's Geekbench Vulkan score of 90,570, it isn't a surprise. Previous leaks for the Strix Halo APU indicated the chip would have graphics performance that competes with the Nvidia RTX 4060. The 4060 Laptop GPU has a Geekbench Vulkan score of 87,178 which is a far sight higher than the Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395. However, some of that could be optimization differences between the chips. We only have one Geekbench result for "Strix Halo" compared to years of benchmark optimization on the RTX 4060. Additionally, the Ryzen AI Max+ 395 chip that ran the Vulkan benchmark is part of AMD's Pro line of professional workstation chips so may not be as optimized for a Vulkan graphics benchmark compared to a gaming-class GPU. Additionally, this is an early benchmark so final scores once the Strix Halo APU officially launches may be higher. Strix Halo appeared on the Geekbench 5 archives over the summer with a multicore average of 13,993. Of course, the Strix Halo APUs that hit Geekbench 5 were still in deep development, so those CPU benchmarks may not be accurate compared to the completed project. Additionally, it's worth noting that Geekbench 5 hasn't been updated since the launch of Geekbench 6 in February 2023, so Geekbench 5 may not be the best indication of performance for newer processors. The AMD "Strix Halo" lineup so far appears to include three different SKUs, each featuring AMD's latest Zen5 cores and RDNA 3.5 Compute Units. The leak from VideoCardz includes a SKU breakdown for three variants of the Ryzen AI Max APU. The Ryzen AI Max+ 395 chip that ran the Geekbench Vulkan test was part of the Ryzen Pro line of professional workstation chips, there may be consumer-level variants of Strix Halo once we get official confirmation from AMD. Those hoping to see "Strix Halo" on gaming platforms may be disappointed by the leaks. However, there's still hope that the Ryzen AI Max chip will come to gaming or general consumer platforms. As for the Pro series APU, we can guess that AMD is working with OEMs on professional workstation platforms. So we may see more affordable thin and light Windows workstations powered by "Strix Halo" in the near future. Potentially targeting the MacBook Pro M4 series as competition. Obviously, we're still in the pre-announcement phase for the Ryzen AI Max APU. While we do have confirmation that the chips are out and being tested on various benchmarks, with some indication of potential SKUs, it's unlikely we'll see anything official from AMD before CES 2025 in January. After all, another leak from AMD indicates the company has big plans for laptops in 2025.

AMD Strix Halo APU with RDNA 3.5 iGPU spotted on Geekbench, outperforms RTX 4060 mobile in Vulkan benchmark

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. What just happened? An upcoming AMD Strix Halo APU has popped up on Geekbench, shedding some light on its key specifications. The chip in question is the Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395, which is expected to be the flagship SKU in the first-generation Ryzen AI Max lineup. As per the listing, the APU will have 16 Zen 5 cores and 32 threads, a base clock of 3.0 GHz, and a max frequency of 4.4 GHz. It is expected to ship with 64MB of L3 and 16 MB of L2 cache. The processor will also utilize a Radeon 8060S iGPU based on the same RDNA 3.5 architecture as the Ryzen AI 300 "Strix" lineup. Moving on to the benchmark results, the Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395 scored 67,004 points in the Vulkan API test, which is higher than the 63,264 points notched up by the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 mobile GPU. However, since this is only the initial benchmark score, we can expect it to get even faster after a few driver and firmware updates. The AI Max+ Pro 395 was tested on the AMD MAPLE-STXH reference evaluation board, suggesting that it is still being tested internally by AMD. The testbed used 64GB of quad-channel DDR5 SDRAM running at 1,994 MT/s, and was powered by 64-bit Windows 11 Pro. An earlier Geekbench listing had leaked the Ryzen AI Max 390, which is expected to be the second-most powerful chip in the upcoming series. The Ryzen AI Max 385 and Ryzen AI Max 380 are said to make up the rest of the lineup. All will feature Zen 5 CPU cores and RDNA 3.5 iGPUs. The 390 is rumored to have 12 cores and 24 threads, while the 385 will feature 8 cores and 16 threads. The entry-level SKU, the AI Max 380, will have 6 cores and 12 threads. Default TDPs are expected to be between 55W and 130W. Moving to the iGPUs, the top two SKUs will reportedly ship with the Radeon 8060S with 40 compute units, while the AI Max 385 is said to feature the Radeon 8050S with 32 CUs. The 380 is expected to only have 16 CUs, though the leaks did not specify the exact iGPU model. AMD is rumored to unveil the Strix Halo lineup at its press event at CES 2025 next month. Other announcements could include Krackan Point APUs, RDNA 4 GPUs, and more.