The Ryzen 8000 Strix Point APU: Advancing Performance and Graphics Capabilities
The Ryzen 8000 Strix Point leak is here, and it’s confirmed that AMD is already working on its next-generation Zen 5 chips. The Strix Point APU promises to bring significant advancements in performance and graphics capabilities, and we’re already itching to get our hands on a Strix Point gaming laptop.
Strix Point should arrive in 2024, and it’ll be powering a new wave of gaming laptops. We’re already excited about the potential of the Ryzen 7000 series, but Strix Point looks set to raise the bar once again.
The Ryzen 8000 Strix Point leak comes via MyDrivers, and it’s based on a screenshot of the 3DMark database. It shows an engineering sample of a Ryzen 8000 processor identified as “100-000000994-03_N”, which belongs to AMD’s Family 26.
Family 26 is for Zen 5 processors, so this Ryzen 8000 chip is most likely a Zen 5 part. While the MilkyWay@home database isn’t a reliable benchmark, it does reveal that this Ryzen 8000 processor has 24 threads, which is a 12-core part.
We’ve also got some details about the Ryzen 8000 Strix Point APU, courtesy of TechPowerUp. It’s apparently going to be built on an “advance node”, which is likely to be the 4nm node used for Phoenix Point.
There’s also talk of two potential variants of Strix Point, but there’s no evidence to confirm or dispel these rumours. We’ll have to wait and see whether either of these chips surface.
The most recent leak comes from the MilkyWay@home database, so it’s a little bit on the strange side. It supposedly shows an engineering sample of a Ryzen 8000 processor with the identifier “100-000000986-00_N”, which is also part of Family 26.
Again, this isn’t a reliable benchmark, but the screenshot does reveal that this Ryzen 8000 processor is a 24-thread part with a base clock of 3.8GHz. So, it looks to be a quad-core chip, which isn’t too surprising considering the AMD Ryzen 7000 series.
We’ve also got official confirmation that the Ryzen 8000 processors will work with the AM5 socket, as confirmed by AMD in a recent webcast. The company hasn’t provided an exact release date for Strix Point, but year 2024 holds promise for the mobile market with the advent of Zen 5.
Get ready for the Ryzen 8000 release date with our AMD specs guide. You’ll also want to read our AMD Ryzen 8000 review, AMD Navi 20 review, or check out the best gaming monitor, if you’re looking to take your setup to the next level.
