The AMD Ryzen 8050 series APU is coming with great momentum: AI performance has tripled, and the Zen 5 architecture CPU and RDNA 3+core are eye-catching!

In the high-performance processor market, the competition between AMD and Intel is particularly fierce. Recently, AMD announced that it will launch a new "Ryzen 8050" series APU (acceleration processor) next year, which will shine brightly and become the focus of market attention.

The Ryzen 8050 series APU will adopt the Zen 5 architecture CPU, which will bring significant performance improvements. Meanwhile, the processor will be equipped with an RDNA 3+core display, an innovative technology that will significantly enhance graphics processing capabilities and meet the growing demand for high-performance graphics.

The AMD Ryzen 8050 Strix Point APU is equipped with a Zen 5 CPU and RDNA 3.5 GPU core, embedded with the latest XDNA 2 NPU and a more powerful Ryzen AI software suite, which improves performance by three times for generative AI requirements.

The expected specifications of AMD Ryzen 8050 Strix Point Mono are as follows:

4nm single-chip design

Up to 12 cores (Zen 5+Zen 5C)

32 MB shared L3 cache

CPU power consumption 50W, performance 35% faster than Phoenix

16 RDNA 3+computing units

Core display performance comparable to RTX 3050 Max-Q

128 bit LPDDR5X memory controller

Integrated XDNA 2 engine

~25 TOPs AI Engine

Expected to be released in the second half of 2024

AMD Ryzen 8050 Strix Point Halo Expected specifications:

Zen 5 Chiplet Design

Up to 16 cores

64MB shared L3 cache

Power consumption of 90W, CPU 25% faster than the 16 core Dragon Range

40 RDNA 3+computing unit

The nuclear display performance is equivalent to RTX 4070 Max-Q (90W)

256 bit LPDDR5X memory controller

Integrated XDNA 2 engine

~50 TOPs AI Engine

Expected to be released in the second half of 2024The AMD Strix Point APU is expected to be launched in the second half of 2024, and the first batch of APUs will start shipping to OEMs next year. After its launch, it will compete head-on with Intel's Arrow Lake CPUs.