Tuesday, December 24th 2024
AMD Strix Halo Radeon 8050S and 8060S iGPU Performance Look Promising - And Confusing
AMD fans are undoubtedly on their toes to witness the performance improvements that Strix Halo is ready to bring forth. Unlike Strix Point, which utilizes a combination of Zen 5c and full-fat Zen 5 cores, Strix Halo will do away with the small cores for a Zen 5 "only" setup, allowing for substantially better multicore performance. Moreover, it is also widely expected that Strix Halo will boast chunky iGPUs that will bring the heat to entry-level and even some mid-range mobile GPUs, allowing Strix Halo systems to not require discrete graphics at all, with a prime example being the upcoming ROG Flow Z13 tablet.
As per recent reports, the upcoming Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395 APU will sport an RDNA 3.5-based iGPU with a whopping 40 CUs, and will likely be branded as the Radeon 8060S. In a leaked Geekbench Vulkan benchmark, the Radeon 8060S managed to outpace the RTX 4060 Laptop dGPU in performance. However, according to yet another leaked benchmark, Passmark, the Radeon 8060S and the 32-CU 8050S scored 16,454 and 16,663 respectively - and no, that is not a typo. The 8060S with 40 CUs is marginally slower than the 8050S with 32 CUs, clearly indicating that the numbers are far from final. That said, performance in this range puts the Strix Halo APUs well below the RTX 4070 laptop GPU, and roughly the same as the RTX 3080 Laptop. Not bad for an iGPU, although it is almost certain that actual performance of the retail units will be higher, judging by the abnormally small delta between the 8050S and the 8060S.
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As per recent reports, the upcoming Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395 APU will sport an RDNA 3.5-based iGPU with a whopping 40 CUs, and will likely be branded as the Radeon 8060S. In a leaked Geekbench Vulkan benchmark, the Radeon 8060S managed to outpace the RTX 4060 Laptop dGPU in performance. However, according to yet another leaked benchmark, Passmark, the Radeon 8060S and the 32-CU 8050S scored 16,454 and 16,663 respectively - and no, that is not a typo. The 8060S with 40 CUs is marginally slower than the 8050S with 32 CUs, clearly indicating that the numbers are far from final. That said, performance in this range puts the Strix Halo APUs well below the RTX 4070 laptop GPU, and roughly the same as the RTX 3080 Laptop. Not bad for an iGPU, although it is almost certain that actual performance of the retail units will be higher, judging by the abnormally small delta between the 8050S and the 8060S.
21 Comments on AMD Strix Halo Radeon 8050S and 8060S iGPU Performance Look Promising - And Confusing
Man if there was ever a chip begging for x3D cache.....
I wonder if this is what ValvE will use on the upcoming Steam Machines II.
They finally done lost it... marketing and SKU segmentation spam have reached levels not even Intel dared dream
Seems to be a typo, 23 is next to 12 ;)
Gosh AMD, you forgot the “XT,” or is that for later?
Of course, you wouldn't be able to run the latest game at ultra for long at 1440p on those, (not sure even at release) but maximising texture quality is still today a good way to optimize visual without impacting too much performance.
Unlike by example a stronger dGPU with 8 GB of ram. You could run more effects but you would have to do a lot of sacrifice on texture and that would have a big impact on visuals.
I still find frustrating that we no longer double vram every gen. (i know, it had to stop at some point but still). The last few games i played were a mix of superb detailed texture on character and main surface while other had very poor texture. This is a way for the game dev to "optimize" but it is becoming distracting.
The x3d cache on the desktop chips could be used by both the CPU and iGPU, and even with only 2 CUs showed major improvements.Yes that was a typo.Highly unlikely. That would be half the iGPU cut off. If defects were common enough to justify mass production of a chip with half of it disabled, the yields would be bad enough that the big 40 CU chip wouldnt exist int he first place.
Closest you will get is the top Strix Point, which is 8c/16t with 16CUs.
Or at least a mini-PC that can either take standard AM5 coolers, or has a full sized 120x25 fan on it, not those stupid little laptop blowers.