Aside from the Ryzen 9000 for desktops, AMD has introduced the laptop CPU codenamed “Strix Point,” which resets the numbering to three digits and adds the word AI. This new lineup is dubbed the Ryzen AI 300 Series, with the reason for the series being that it is the third generation Ryzen with an NPU chip.
The Ryzen AI 300 notebook chip comprises of three new components:
Zen 5 core CPU
RDNA 3.5 GPU
XDNA 2 NPU chip with a performance of 50 TOPS, touted to be more powerful than the Snapdragon X Elite’s 45 TOPS.
The two sub-models released are the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 with 12 cores and 24 threads, clocked at a maximum of 5.1GHz, 36MB cache, and Radeon 890M 16CU GPU, along with the Ryzen AI 9 365 with 10 cores and 20 threads, clocked at a maximum of 5.0GHz, 34MB cache, and Radeon 880M 12CU GPU.
A noteworthy detail is that the 12-core configuration of the Ryzen AI 9 370 is split into 8+4 cores, with 8 regular Zen 5 cores and 4 smaller Zen 5c cores to save power. AMD has been following this approach since Zen 4c, where features were like large cores but in a smaller size. In contrast to Intel’s system with P-Core and E-Core having different architectures.
As for the Ryzen AI 9 365 top-tier model, it features a full 4-core Zen 5 and an additional 6-core Zen 5c. Both CPUs are considered Copilot+ PCs according to Microsoft’s definition, similar to PCs using the Snapdragon X Elite chipsets introduced last month.
Source Tom’s Hardware
TLDR: AMD introduces the Ryzen AI 300 Series laptop CPUs, offering increased performance and innovative core configurations compared to previous models.
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