Arrr, word be spreadin' that these AMD Zen 5 Strix Point benchmarks be spellin' trouble for ye ol' desktop PCs!
2024-05-17
Arrr mateys, word be spreadin' about the new benchmarks for the upcomin' AMD Zen 5 Strix Point processors bein' revealed on the interwebs. 'Tis said they be faster than a scurvy sea dog chasin' after a buried treasure! Aarrr!
New alleged benchmarks have surfaced online for the upcoming AMD Zen 5 Strix Point processors that showcase their productivity performance. As highlighted by prominent hardware leaker HXL on Twitter, an engineering sample featuring a Strix Point CPU has been reportedly benchmarked via Blender with a score of 270.92. This mobile chipset supposedly beats out the desktop processors, the Ryzen 7 7700X and Ryzen 7 7800X3D.Two benchmarks were run so there's not the widest field of testing, however, if verifiable, it's an early glimpse of the what Team Red's upcoming AI chipsets could do. The Strix Point CPU benched still fell behind the older Intel Core i7-12700F and mobile Intel Core i7-13850HX. According to the ranking, it's believed to be a 12-core processor with four performance cores and eight efficiency cores.In earlier Strix Point CPU leaks we've reportedly seen processors with lower clock speeds and larger NPUs, as the architecture is a massive departure from desktop hardware. The top end of the lineup is rumored to be the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 170 which is believed to feature 12 cores and 24 threads with a 77 TOPS NPU.While it's encouraging to see the Strix Point CPUs holding their own against desktop rivals, this upcoming line of processors ultimately plays by their own rules. The focus is on efficiency rather than raw power, with lower power wattages and smaller clock speeds, with more E-cores. We'll likely get our first official reveal of Strix Point hardware during Computex 2024 which is scheduled for early June.