AMD's Latest APU Leak

AMD has unveiled its response to Intel's "Lunar Lake" with the discovery of the "Krackan / Kraken Point" APU. Orklak found a mysterious entry on the OpenBenchmark benchmarking suite by Phoronix, providing initial details on this new AMD processor.

The benchmark trials revealed the "100-000000713" model, featuring an eight-core, sixteen-threaded CPU. This APU includes four regular Zen 5 cores and four smaller, yet powerful, Zen 5c cores clocked at 3.95 GHz. It's important to note that this is an engineering sample, so final clock speeds will be determined by AMD and its OEMs based on the TDP they plan to support with Kraken Point.

Alongside the 8C/16T CPU setup is 32 GB of LPDDR5X memory from SK Hynix. The benchmark data indicates the presence of four 8 GB modules on the system board, unlike Intel's on-chip memory configuration seen in Lunar Lake. The memory is operating at 8000 MT/s, a 500 MT/s improvement over Strix Point but slower than Lunar Lake's LPDDR5X running at 8533 MT/s.

Additionally, the Krackan / Kraken Point APU boasts eight RDNA 3.5 Compute Units. Its position in AMD's product lineup remains uncertain, with more details expected to emerge in 2025. Stay tuned for further updates as we await the next leak.