AMD Zen 5 “Ryzen” Mobility APU Configurations: Strix With 12 Cores, Kraken With 8 Cores, Sonoma With 4 Cores

07.04.2024 - 19:59 / wccftech.com / Hassan Mujtaba

AMD's Zen 5 "Ryzen" APU lineup for mobility lineup is going to be quite extensive with the likes of Strix, Kraken & Sonoma families. Each of these APU families will feature different configurations & utilize a mix of Zen 5 and Zen 5C cores.

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Based on new information by @Olrak29_, it looks like we might have a sense of what the final max core configurations for these chips would look like. As mentioned above, there are going to be a lot of Zen 5 families throughout the lifespan of this architecture. For mobility alone, we are expecting at least five Zen 5 products (Strix Point1, Strix Point2, Kraken Point, Sonoma Valley, Fire Range, etc). AMD is known to refresh/rebrand its architectures a year or two after the initial launch so we could be getting even more products.

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• Strix Point: 4 Zen 5 Cores + 8 Zen 5C Cores = 24 Threads
• Kraken Point: 4 Zen 5 Cores + 4 Zen 5C Cores = 16 Threads
• Sonoma Valley: 0 Zen 5 Cores + 4 Zen 5C Cores = 8 Threads

Starting with the details, there are two numbers mentioned with the first one representing the standard Zen 5 "Nirvana" cores and the second one representing the Zen 5C "Prometheus" cores. While both cores feature the same architecture, the Zen 5C cores are clocked slightly lower for efficiency purposes. All three of the AMD Ryzen APU families will feature Zen 5C cores but it looks like not all would feature Zen 5 standard cores.

AMD Ryzen Strix Point Mono Expected Features:

• Zen 5 (4nm) Monolithic Design
• Up To 12 Cores In Hybrid Config (Zen 5 + Zen 5C)
• 32 MB of Shared L3 cache
• 35% Faster CPU Versus Phoenix at 50W
• 16 RDNA 3+ Compute Units
• 128-bit LPDDR5X Memory Controller
• XDNA 2 Engine Integrated
• ~25 TOPS AI Engine
• 2H 2024 Launch (Expected)

AMD's Strix Point APUs will come in two flavors, a standard monolithic offering & a premium chiplet design. The standard monolithic design will feature 4 Zen 5 cores and 8 Zen 5C cores for a total of 12 cores and 24 threads. This will be a 50% increase in number of cores and threads versus the Zen 4 APU offerings which are limited to 8 cores and 16 threads. The premium variant is expected to be configured with up to 16 cores and 32 threads though the exact Zen5/Zen5C config isn't known yet. These chips will feature much higher graphics capabilities with higher CU counts based on the new RDNA 3+ graphics architecture.

AMD Ryzen Strix Point Halo Expected Features:

• Zen 5 Chiplet Design
• Up To 16 Cores
• 64 MB of Shared L3 cache
• 25% Faster CPU Versus 16-Core Dragon Range at 90W
• 40 RDNA 3+ Compute Units
• 256-bit LPDDR5X Memory Controller
• XDNA 2 Engine