An AMD Zen 5 mobile CPU has surfaced in the Geekbench 5 database. Consisting of 12 cores clocked at 1.4 GHz, it is likely a Ryzen 5 9000 series processor consisting of Zen 5 and Zen 5c cores. It features 1 MB of L2 cache (per core) and 16 MB of shared L3 cache. The L1 “Instruction Cache” is the same as Zen 4 at 32 KB, but the “Data Cache” has been upgraded to 48 KB (from 32 KB). Being an early engineering sample, it’s clocked at a paltry 1.4 GHz, so don’t expect anything sensational.
The 12-core Ryzen 9000 CPU scores 1217 and 8016 points in the single-core and multi-core benchmarks, respectively. This put it nearly on par with Intel’s Core Ultra “Meteor Lake” processors in the multi-core segment, despite clocking at just a third or quarter of the core frequency. The final retail clocks will be the same or higher than rival Meteor and Arrow Lake offerings.
Considering this SKU already scores 8000+ points at 1.4 GHz, it should be at least 20-40% faster than the Core Ultra CPUs at launch. AMD’s Ryzen 9000 mobility segment includes Kraken Point, Strix Point, Strix Halo, Fire Range, and Sonoma Valley. Here are the rumored specifications of these processors:
- 55-125W->
- Strix Halo (chiplet-based H): Zen 5 on TSMC N4P & N4X: FP11.
- GPU: 40x RDNA 3.5 CUs @ 2.8GHz.
- NPU: 48T
- Strix Halo (chiplet-based H): Zen 5 on TSMC N4P & N4X: FP11.
- 35-54W->
- Strix Point (hybrid, monolithic H): Zen 5 + Zen 5c on TSMC N4P: FP8.
- GPU: 16x RDNA 3.5 CUs @ 3GHz.
- NPU: 48T.
- Kraken Point (hybrid, monolithic H): Zen 5 + Zen 5c on TSMC N4P: FP8.
- GPU: 8x RDNA 3.5 CUs @ 2.8GHz.
- NPU: 24T.
- Strix Point (hybrid, monolithic H): Zen 5 + Zen 5c on TSMC N4P: FP8.
- 9-15W->
- Sonoma Valley (monolithic U): Zen 5c on Samsung SF4P: FP6.
- GPU: 2x RDNA 3.5 @ 2.4GHz.
- NPU: N/A.
- Sonoma Valley (monolithic U): Zen 5c on Samsung SF4P: FP6.
Here’s a primer on the Zen 5 core architecture (expected) and what we expect from Intel’s Arrow Lake processors:
