AMD's refreshed Gorgon Point "Ryzen AI" APUs have leaked out, with the company also confirming next-gen Medusa "Ryzen AI MAX" Halo chips.
LG Spills The Beans On AMD's Next-Gen Laptop Platforms: Gorgon Point "Ryzen AI" Refresh, Medusa "Ryzen AI MAX" Halo APUs, RDNA 4 Missing In Action
It looks like LG is already working on laptops powered by AMD's refreshed APU lineup & they had more to talk about on next-gen products during a recent event as covered by Naver (via Harukaze 5719).
Currently, AMD's mainstream Ryzen AI 300 lineup is based on the Strix Point design which comes in the higher-end Strix Halo offering too, launched under the Ryzen AI MAX series. AMD now plans to expand its lineup with new refreshed offerings under the Gorgon Point "Ryzen AI" family, which will feature several new SKUs but with minor updates. Think of it as similar to the Hawk Point family or the Ryzen 200 series.
In total, there are 7 SKUs listed with only two parts, bringing in an update over the existing lineup. At the very top, we have the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX solution with the same 12 cores and 24 threads that are based on the Zen 5 architecture, 36 MB of cache, 16 RDNA 3.5 CUs, and 16 PCIe Gen4 lanes. The SKU comes with a 100 MHz higher boost clock over the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, rated at 5.2 GHz+, while the NPU TOPS are now set to 55+. Currently, AMD's fastest NPU is featured on the Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 with a rated compute capability of 55 AI TOPS.
The other updated SKU is part of the AMD Ryzen AI 7 family with 8 cores, 16 threads, a 24 MB cache, 8 RDNA 3.5 CUs, 16 PCIe Gen4 lanes, a boost clock of 5.2 GHz+, and 55+ AI TOPS through the XDNA 2 NPU. It is likely that AMD hasn't changed the XDNA architecture much on these chips and rather increased the clock rate to achieve more performance capability.
Now the more important question is if these APUs will still rely on the Ryzen AI 300 nomenclature or does AMD plans on going with something different. The Medusa Point series, which arrives next year, will likely use Ryzen AI 400 series nomenclature and will leverage Zen 6 cores while the RDNA 3.5 graphics engine will be reused, as per recent reports.
Gorgon Point is still being positioned as a Premium laptop offering and will stick with the FP8 socket while Medusa will use the newer FP10 socket. The addition of the entry-level Ryzen AI 3 series with NPU acceleration and four Zen 5 cores also make for an interesting segment and will definitely be a solid entry-level Copilot+ system with 50 TOPS.
In terms of performance, AMD's Gorgon Point "Ryzen AI" refreshed APUs will offer up to 10% 5% improvement in single-thread and 12% improvement in multi-thread capabilities as tested within Cinebench R23.
Furthermore, it is also reported that AMD's Ryzen AI MAX "Halo" offerings will see an update with Medusa in the future, so we can expect stronger Zen 6 cores and tuned RDNA 3.5 graphics for even more high-end performance on laptops. Lastly, LG is also said to have confirmed that RDNA 4 GPUs won't be arriving in laptops, which is kind of a bummer considering just how good the new Radeon RX 9000 series has been. It looks like we will see the next major Radeon update for laptops when the next-gen UDNA series arrives sometime around 2026.
AMD Ryzen AI "Gorgon Point" APU Lineup:
| SKU | Cores / Threads | Boost Clock | Cache | NPU | GPU | Lanes | TDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryzen AI 9 HX | 12/24 | 5.2 GHz+ | 36 MB | 55+ TOPS | 16 CU RDNA 3.5 | 16 PCIe Gen4 | 15-45W |
| Ryzen AI 9 | 10/20 | 5.0 GHz | 34 MB | 50 TOPS | 12 CU RDNA 3.5 | 16 PCIe Gen4 | 15-45W |
| Ryzen AI 7 | 8/16 | 5.2 GHz+ | 24 MB | 55+ TOPS | 8 CU RDNA 3.5 | 16 PCIe Gen4 | 15-45W |
| Ryzen AI 7 | 8/16 | 5.0 GHz | 24 MB | 50 TOPS | 8 CU RDNA 3.5 | 16 PCIe Gen4 | 15-45W |
| Ryzen AI 5 | 6/12 | 4.8 GHz | 22 MB | 50 TOPS | 4 CU RDNA 3.5 | 16 PCIe Gen4 | 15-45W |
| Ryzen AI 5 | 6/12 | 4.7 GHz | 14 MB | 50 TOPS | 4 CU RDNA 3.5 | 14 PCIe Gen4 | 15-45W |
| Ryzen AI 3 | 4/8 | 4.6 GHz | 12 MB | 50 TOPS | 2 CU RDNA 3.5 | 14 PCIe Gen4 | 15-45W |
