AMD's Ryzen AI MAX+ PRO 395 "Strix Halo" APU: A Powerful Leap in Integrated Graphics

AMD Ryzen AI MAX+ PRO 395 "Strix Halo" APU With 16 Cores & Radeon 8060S "RDNA 3.5" iGPU Benchmarked

AMD's top Strix Halo APU, the Ryzen AI MAX+ PRO 395, has been spotted at Geekbench with 16 cores & a Radeon 8060S iGPU. AMD Strix Halo Flagship Spotted: Ryzen AI MAX+ PRO 395 With 16 Zen 5 Cores & Radeon 8060S iGPU Although AMD's Strix Halo "Ryzen AI Max" APUs are no mystery, this is the first time we have seen a sample pop up in the Geekbench database, meaning we are heading towards the launch soon. The Strix Halo lineup is expected to be introduced at CES 2025. Starting with the details, the particular APU is called the AMD Ryzen AI MAX+ PRO 395, which is a lot of words to remember but goes in line with the previous reports and what AMD has confirmed through their databases. The APU was tested on the AMD MAPLE-STXH reference evaluation board and used internally to test and evaluate early samples. Coming to the specifications, the AMD Ryzen AI MAX+ PRO 395 "Strix Halo" APU features a total of 16 Zen 5 cores with 32 threads, a base clock of 3.0 GHz, and a reported peak clock speed of 4.4 GHz. The fastest actual clock speed reported is up to 5.1 GHz. As for cache, you are getting 64 MB of L3 and 16 MB of L2 since this is a dual CCD chiplet design. Previous info also suggested that the TDPs of these chips would range between 55-130W. On the iGPU side, the AMD Strix Halo APUs are going to adopt the same RDNA 3.5 architecture as the current Strix "Ryzen AI 300" lineup. The difference is that the Halo chips will utilize a far bigger iGPU configuration with up to 40 compute units on chips such as the Ryzen AI MAX+ PRO 395 APU. The particular APU comes with the Radeon 8060S iGPU and utilizes 64 GB of DDR5 memory. AMD's use of Radeon 8000 branding has also been confirmed for the RDNA 4 lineup which debuts at CES. Performance was also measured and ended up scoring 67,004 points in the Vulkan API test. The result is faster than the GeForce RTX 3050, but we expect the final performance to be much better since this is still an early sample running on an evaluation platform with unoptimized drivers. AMD's Strix Halo APUs are expected to launch in 2025 alongside several other Zen 5 mobile products such as Fire Range & Krackan Point. These products will be incorporated into several laptops, tablets, handhelds, and Mini PCs throughout the coming year.

Mysterious AMD Ryzen AI MAX+ Pro 395 Strix Halo APU emerges on Geekbench -- processor expected to officially debut at CES 2025

Chip expected to feature up to 16 Zen 5 cores, Radeon 8600S iGPU, and 40 Compute Units. With less than one month left to CES 2025, leaked benchmarks have started to surface starring AMD's flagship Strix Halo APUs. The Ryzen AI MAX+ Pro 395 - now that's a mouthful - has emerged on Geekbench packing 16 CPU cores, 64GB of RAM, and a massive 40 CU (Compute Units) Radeon RX 8600S iGPU (Integrated GPU). Despite the apparent low score - set to improve with further optimizations - the real juicy details lie in the specifications. For the uninitiated, Strix Halo or the Ryzen AI MAX 300 APUs are said to be AMD's top-of-the-line offering for workstations and laptops next year. The test bench utilizes the "AMD MAPLE-STXH" reference board, designed for the FP11 socket. Likewise, Ryzen AI MAX+ Pro 395 -- which we'll call Ryzen AI 395 for simplicity's sake -- is paired with 64GB of RAM, going as high as 128GB per shipping manifests. The performance isn't anything to write home about at this stage, with the Vulkan score on par with an RTX 2060 resulting from early silicon. In line with previous rumors, the Ryzen AI 395 features 16 cores based on the Zen 5 microarchitecture and 32 threads. The suspected dual-CCD design lands it 32MBx2 (64MB) of L3 cache alongside 16MB of L2 cache (1MB per core). Geekbench lists the maximum clock speeds at 4.4 GHz, which will likely improve with time. Strix Halo's graphics solution will fall under AMD's Radeon 8000S umbrella of iGPUs: the Radeon 8060S and Radeon 8050S are based on RDNA 3.5. On an architectural level, the iGPU likely resides in the large SoC die with upwards of 32MB of MALL or Infinity Cache to avoid memory bottlenecks. Geekbench doesn't explicitly list the CU count, but previous leaks hint towards a 40 CU configuration for all Radeon 8060S models -- 25% more than the RX 7600. Strix Halo is designed to compete against Apple's M-series silicon and Nvidia's dedicated GPUs in the laptop segment. It may not rival the RTX 4090 laptop GPU, but it could give mid-ranged offerings like the RTX 4070 laptop a run for its money. Pricing is a valid concern since Strix Point - the Ryzen AI 300 family - is limited in availability and costs a pretty penny if you want the best. Nonetheless, we expect AMD to unveil its Strix Halo lineup of APUs at CES 2025 in addition to Krackan Point and the Radeon RX 8000 series.