8 “Zen 5” Cores, 16 Threads, LPDDR5X-8000 Memory

AMD’s upcoming and mainstream-focused Ryzen “Krackan Point” APUs have been spotted in the Openbenchmarking database.

AMD Ryzen “Krackan Point” APUs Target Mainstream Laptops With Fast LPDDR5X-8000 Memory & Up To 8 “Zen 5” Cores

The AMD Zen 5 laptop lineup first launched with the Strix Point “Ryzen AI 300” APUs and now, the company plans on introducing more variants, aiming at both enthusiast & mainstream platforms.

The mainstream focused lineup based on the Zen 5 core architecture will be known as the Ryzen “Krackan Point” series and will be targeting laptops around the $1000 US or lower price point. The APUs were previously stated to feature Ryzen AI 7 & Ryzen AI 5 models, and it looks like one such sample has appeared.

Listed at Openbenchmarking, the AMD 100-000000713-21_N is reportedly an engineering sample of the upcoming Ryzen “Krackan Point” family. This chip features 8 cores, 16 threads, and features a clock speed of 3.95 GHz. The APU was tested on the Birman Plus-KRK evaluation motherboard and this confirms the chip is part of the Krackan Point series. The platform was running 32 GB of LP5X 8000 MT/s memory from Hynix “H58G66BK8BX067N” and while there are no details mentioned for the graphics portion, the chip does feature a maximum graphics clock of 2500 MHz.

In terms of performance, the CPU can be compared to the AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS APU which is part of the Phoenix family. The APU features 8 cores based on the Zen 4 architecture along with the RDNA 3 graphics chip. The performance is slightly lower than the…