AMD's affordable Ryzen AI 5 340 Krackan Point CPU was tested in Geekbench, and we have its iGPU's first OpenCL performance.
AMD's Hexa-Core Ryzen AI 5 340 "Krackan Point" Spotted on Geekbench, Radeon 840M Scores 14,285 Points in OpenCL Test
AMD unveiled its affordable Zen 5-based Krackan Point series at CES and while it may need a bit more time to enter the market in good volume, the processor is now in the hands of a few users as we are starting to see their test results. The Krackan Point brings two SKUs for the mainstream and two SKUs for the commercial market.
As far as the mainstream market goes, there are Ryzen AI 7 350 and Ryzen AI 5 340, featuring a hybrid Zen 5 and Zen 5c architecture design, boasting up to 8 cores and 16 threads. As for the Ryzen AI 5 340, it brings 3x Zen 5 and 3x Zen 5c cores and was recently tested on Geekbench. This test was specifically conducted for its integrated graphics, the Radeon 840M, which succeeds the Ryzen 740M from Phoenix Point APUs for mobile platforms.
As you can see, the Radeon 840M scored 14,285 points in the Geekbench OpenCL test, which is about 19% higher than one of the recent OpenCL scores (11,991 points) by the Radeon 740M. This is surely a good uplift, but keep in mind that, just like the Radeon 740M, the Radeon 840M is the slowest RDNA 3.5-based iGPU and features only four GPU Compute Units. Unlike the Radeon 860M used on the Ryzen AI 7 350, which offers 8 GPU Compute Units, the Radeon 840M will be noticeably slower in real-world applications as well.
Geekbench 6 OpenCL Benchmark (Higher is Better)
Ryzen AI 5 340 is the cheapest APU for affordable mobile devices and features clocks of up to 3.4 GHz for Zen 5c cores and up to 4.8 GHz for Zen 5 cores. The iGPU is also 100 MHz slower than the Radeon 860M apart from fewer cores. Compared to the Radeon 860M, which scored 26,401 points, the Radeon 840M is roughly 54% slower in Geekbench OpenCL.
If we compare the Radeon 840M to the Radeon 890M, which is the most powerful Strix Point iGPU, the latter is 257% faster, which is expected since it ships with 12 Compute Units. Now, AMD owns a complete family of Zen 5 chips targeting different budget segments, comprising affordable (Krackan Point), mainstream (Strix Point), and premium chips (Strix Halo).
Remember that the Geekbench results tend to vary noticeably from test to test, and we may see higher or lower numbers shortly. However, this is a good indication of the Radeon 840M's prowess, but we are yet to see how the Ryzen AI 5 340 performs in single and multicore tests.
AMD Ryzen AI 300/Pro series (Krackan Point)
| CPU/Specs | Cores/Threads | Clock | L3 Cache | Peak TOPs | TDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryzen AI 7 350 | 8/16 | Up To 5.0 GHz | 24 MB | 50 TOPS | 15-54W |
| Ryzen AI 5 340 | 6/12 | Up To 4.8 GHz | 22 MB | 50 TOPS | 15-54W |
| Ryzen AI 7 350 Pro | 8/16 | Up To 5.0 GHz | 24 MB | 50 TOPS | 15-54W |
| Ryzen AI 5 340 Pro | 6/12 | Up To 4.8 GHz | 22 MB | 50 TOPS | 15-54W |
News Source: @BenchLeaks
