Monday, January 6th 2025
AMD Expands Copilot+ Capable Ryzen AI 300 Series, Debuts Ryzen 200 Series Mainstream Mobile Processors
AMD today vastly fleshed out its mobile processor lineup with the introduction of two new processor lines besides the Ryzen AI Max 300 series. This includes the introduction of more processor models in the Ryzen AI 300 series that are powered by the "Strix Point" silicon, and the introduction of the Ryzen 200 series mobile processors, which are based on the older "Hawk Point" silicon. In 2024, AMD had debuted the Ryzen AI 300 series "Strix Point," but with just the top-end Ryzen AI 9 370 and 365, which came with maxed out 12-core/24-thread (4x Zen 5 + 8x Zen 5c) core configuration, and a maxed out iGPU with 16 CU. Today the company is introducing the Ryzen AI 7 350, the Ryzen AI 5 340, and their AMD PRO variants for commercial notebooks. Both the consumer and commercial parts have identical specs, except for the latter featuring the AMD PRO feature-set.
The Ryzen AI 7 350 comes with a CPU configuration of 8-core/16-thread (4x Zen 5 + 4x Zen 5c). All cores have a base frequency of 2.00 GHz, the Zen 5 cores boost up to 5.00 GHz. The iGPU on offer is the Radeon 860M, with 12 CU and an engine clock of up to 3.00 GHz. TDP is configurable between 15 W to 55 W. The Ryzen AI 5 340 comes with a 6-core/12-thread configuration (3x Zen 5 + 3x Zen 5c), and CPU clock speeds of 2.00 GHz base with 4.80 GHz boost achievable on the Zen 5 cores. The iGPU is heavily cut down, with just 4 CU available, and an iGPU engine clock of 2.90 GHz. Notebook designers can configure this chip with a wide power range from 15 W to 55 W. All four processor models mentioned above come with a Ryzen AI XDNA 2 NPU that's capable of 50 AI TOPS, which means they're all Microsoft Copilot+ AI PC logo eligible.
Next up, AMD launched at least 11 Ryzen 200 series processor models. All these chips are based on the older-generation "Hawk Point" silicon that features "Zen 4" CPU cores, and a Radeon 700M series iGPU based on the older RDNA 3 graphics architecture, with up to 12 CU. Some models come with the NPU enabled, but this is the older Ryzen AI XDNA NPU with 16 TOPS of performance, which is enough for lightweight AI acceleration, but doesn't meet Copilot+ specs.
The Ryzen AI 7 350 comes with a CPU configuration of 8-core/16-thread (4x Zen 5 + 4x Zen 5c). All cores have a base frequency of 2.00 GHz, the Zen 5 cores boost up to 5.00 GHz. The iGPU on offer is the Radeon 860M, with 12 CU and an engine clock of up to 3.00 GHz. TDP is configurable between 15 W to 55 W. The Ryzen AI 5 340 comes with a 6-core/12-thread configuration (3x Zen 5 + 3x Zen 5c), and CPU clock speeds of 2.00 GHz base with 4.80 GHz boost achievable on the Zen 5 cores. The iGPU is heavily cut down, with just 4 CU available, and an iGPU engine clock of 2.90 GHz. Notebook designers can configure this chip with a wide power range from 15 W to 55 W. All four processor models mentioned above come with a Ryzen AI XDNA 2 NPU that's capable of 50 AI TOPS, which means they're all Microsoft Copilot+ AI PC logo eligible.
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The only APU's presented today that are faster than the two year old Phoenix is the Strix halo. The rest is just resegmentation and rebadging IMO.
During that time I use the good old Core 2 Duo E6300, then the original i7
It is sad to see them waste die space on a NPU to bootlick MS, but overall it should be a good product for the target audience IMO.
sad this is the fourth rebrand of phoenix
I have a really hard time understanding how 4 x 5 GHz Zen5 + 4 x 3.5 GHz Zen5C could be faster or even equal to 8 x 5.1 GHz Zen4.
4.25 Ghz average against 5.1 GHz. I dunno if the insane Zen5 improvements can help that much.
Well unless I'm missing something here.
As for graphics we already know the answer, just cut the Strix point benchmarks in half (only 100 MHz difference). Yeah that's way less than Phoenix..
More like Hawk point 2 part 2, given the clow
Regarding the GPU, it will be a downgrade, I never said anything to the contrary.