AMD launched the Krackan Point and Hawk Point Refresh mobile processors

In the menu of mobile processors AMD we have several new models. We recently featured Strix Halo (Ryzen AI Max 300) models with up to 16 cores, powerful GPUs with up to 40 CUs and NPUs with 50 TOPS, today we look at the opposite end of the range. New mid- and lower-class models have appeared, Krackan Point. Don’t expect any architecture changes or significant technical differences, basically these are already known Strix Point models with a reduced number of cores. We already know the 12-core Ryzen AI 9 HX 370/375 and 10-core Ryzen AI 9 365 models, now they are joined by the 8-core Ryzen AI 7 350 and the 6-core Ryzen AI 5 340.

As regards Ryzen AI 7 350so it has 4 Zen 5 cores and 4 Zen 5c cores, so it has a hybrid design. All cores support SMT, so it dares 16 threads at once. The base clock of both types of cores is 2.0 GHz, however, they differ significantly in Boost. This is only 3.5 GHz for the “saving” Zen 5c cores, while it is a much higher 5.0 GHz for the Zen 5. The processor has 8 MB L2 cache and 16 MB L3 cache, its TDP is basically 28 W (configurable from 15 to 54 W).

Ryzen AI 5 340 it goes a bit lower with 6 cores made up of a triple Zen 5 and a triple Zen 5c. The simultaneous running of up to 12 threads at once is thus supported. The base clock remains at 2.0 GHz, Boost is then 3.4 GHz in the case of Zen 5c cores and 4.8 GHz in the case of Zen 5. The size of the cache memory has been reduced to 6 MB in the case of L2 and 16 MB in the case of L3. Consumption ranges are the same as for the higher model. Both processors are manufactured using the 4nm process from TSMC and have an NPU with a performance of 16 TOPS.

AMD Ryzen 200

He also appeared Hawk Point Refreshalthough the word “refresh” is not even official here. In this case, there is no refresh at all, and clock speeds are not even slightly increased (at least this usually happens with the often criticized Intel “refreshes”). E.g. a look at the specs shows that the Ryzen 7 8845HS is exactly the same as the Ryzen 7 260. Only the name is different. Here we again meet processors with the Zen 4 architecture and well-known processors that have been on the market for 1.5 years, only they have a new name.

Source: www.svethardware.cz