Massive AMD leak promises a shining future for laptops, with a smorgasbord of new products landing in 2025

It isn’t a complete defeat for AMD just yet

· TechRadar

News By Isaiah Williams published 31 October 2024

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AMD’s entire CES 2025 lineup has reportedly leaked, promising a huge range of new hardware - including its new range of next-gen RDNA 4 GPUs.

The leak comes from ‘zhangzhonghao’ in a Chinese forum on Chiphell, who suggests AMD will be revealing: laptop CPUs, desktop CPUs, desktop GPUs, handheld gaming chips, and more - phew! AMD’s chief executive Dr Lisa Su previously confirmed that RDNA 4 GPUs will launch in early 2025 (as revealed to PCWorld), which adds some validity to this new leak. Here’s everything the leaker claims will be on show at next year’s CES:

  • Ryzen AI Kraken Point (laptop APUs)
  • Ryzen AI Max 300/Strix Halo (laptop APUs)
  • Ryzen HX Fire Range/X3D (laptop APUs)
  • Ryzen Z2/Z2G/Z2 Extreme (handheld APUs)
  • RDNA 4 (desktop GPUs)
  • Ryzen 9950X3D/9900X3D (desktop CPUs)

Now, if all that doesn’t mean much to you, don’t worry: I’ll break down the specifics behind each product family below. If accurate, this powerhouse lineup could place AMD as the frontrunner at CES 2025, despite Nvidia’s inevitable RTX 5000 series announcement likely overshadowing Team Red’s new GPUs. While AMD might continue to fall behind Nvidia within the desktop GPU market, it doesn’t seem to be all doom and gloom in other hardware departments.

Ryzen AI ‘Kraken Point’ - a new rival for Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite

Among the new Ryzen APUs launching in 2025 is AMD’s Kraken Point, reportedly in line to appear in new AI laptops. Olrak_29 on X, claims the APU will be taking advantage of the RDNA 3.5 architecture, with 8 compute units.

If it does show up at CES 2025, it will be yet another reason for AMD fans to be excited, particularly for the launch of new laptops. RDNA 2 has proven to be a success for devices like the Steam Deck, so the jump to the new architecture could be highly beneficial for thin-and-light gaming laptops since AMD reportedly aims to provide better performance and power efficiency.

Ryzen AI Max 300 / ‘Strix Halo’ - more power for AI laptops

Alongside AMD’s Kraken Point is the Ryzen AI Max 300 chip family (codenamed Strix Halo). It was already spotted as ‘Ryzen AI Max’ by ‘9550pro’ on X in a recent AMD chipset driver update - this name was already previously rumored to replace the codename Strix Halo.

Golden Pig Upgrade, a reliable AMD leaker, claims its strongest APU will feature 16 Zen 5 cores and 40 RDNA 3.5 compute units, which could make it one of the best gaming APUs from AMD while naturally also offering competitive on-device AI performance. The leak suggests that there will be three variants of the Strix Halo; Ryzen AI Max+ 395 (16 cores), Ryzen AI Max 390 (12 cores), and Ryzen AI Max 385 (8 cores).

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