CES 2025 is gearing up to be an exciting showdown for high-performance laptop chips, with both AMD and Intel ready to introduce new premium mobile processors. Intel is anticipated to reveal its Arrow Lake-H/X series, while AMD is set to unveil its highly awaited Strix Halo products. Interestingly, there's buzz about AMD launching a new 8-core APU called Krackan Point, which has recently appeared on Geekbench.
Details About the New APU
The 8-core APU, probably branded as the Ryzen AI 350, features four Zen 5 cores and four Zen 5c cores, boasting a maximum clock speed of 5.05 GHz, as shown in a recent Geekbench report shared by our friends at Videocardz. It was evaluated in an Acer Swift laptop, achieving single-core and multi-core scores of 2,677 and 11,742, respectively. This puts the APU ahead of the Ryzen 7 8845HS and the Core Ultra 7 256V 'Lunar Lake' chips, though Apple's entry-level M4 MacBook Pro still leads the pack.
What's Next for Krackan Point?
At this time, specifics about the forthcoming Krackan Point APU remain unclear. However, we suspect that it will likely feature Strix Point's XDNA 2 NPU along with a Radeon 860M integrated GPU. The Strix Halo products are expected to carry the Ryzen AI Max label and will likely have a robust iGPU capable of competing with the RTX 4060 Laptop GPU. Intel's Arrow Lake-HX lineup will also make its appearance, but who will emerge as the champion in this x86 battle is still uncertain.
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