"We were rightly skeptical of AMD's Ryzen AI 300 "Strix Point" laptop chips in 2024. Now they're in some of the very best laptops you can buy, arguably hitting the sweet spot of price, performance, and battery life."
"They're based on the exact same Zen 5 and Zen 5c CPU cores, with the same RDNA 3.5 graphics, and have the same exact number of cores as their predecessors, too - a "475" has 12 cores, 24 threads, and 16 graphics CUs like a "375" did, and so on down the stack."
"The main differences are a slight boost to CPU and GPU frequency, more memory bandwidth, and a faster NPU for AI tasks in the top two models. The HX 475 now offers 60 TOPS, while the HX 470 offers 55."
"They're similar enough that AMD largely dodged a question about how much faster they are when we asked, instead comparing them against Intel's Lunar Lake (not the new Panther Lake) chips:"
AMD announced the Ryzen AI 400 series (Gorgon Point) as a successor to the Ryzen AI 300. The chips retain Zen 5 and Zen 5c CPU cores, RDNA 3.5 graphics, and identical core counts across comparable SKUs. Upgrades focus on slightly higher CPU and GPU frequencies, increased memory bandwidth, and faster NPUs in the top HX models. The HX 475 delivers 60 TOPS and the HX 470 delivers 55 TOPS. AMD positioned comparisons against Intel's Lunar Lake and attributed modest performance gains to improvements in manufacturing, firmware, and software. The lineup targets laptops balancing price, performance, and battery life.
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