We shared news back in May that AMD has lined up at least four different Strix Halo models.
This information was brought to us by the well-known leaker Moore's Law Is Dead, who has now reinforced his earlier claims about the Strix Halo Low-Power (LP) while disclosing additional insights.
Specifications of Strix Halo LP
The Strix Halo LP is said to include 8 Zen 5 cores along with a 20 CU RDNA 3.5 integrated GPU. According to MLID, this APU might have a bus width of 128 bits, which could provide the iGPU with an impressive total bandwidth of 135 GB/s, as stated in previous leaks.
Furthermore, MLID's source has also indicated that the Radeon 8000S Strix Halo LP iGPU will come with 16 MB of Infinity Cache. Although this isn’t as large as what entry-level desktop graphics cards like the RX 7600 XT offer, it will still give the Strix Halo LP a bit of extra space to work with, considering the APU’s relatively low bandwidth of just 135 GB/s.
Performance Expectations
According to MLID, the iGPU of the Strix Halo LP is expected to match the performance of the RTX 3050 Max-Q. This APU is designed “to directly compete with (more power hungry) RTX 3050 W Max-Q + i7 laptops.” With Intel having moved away from using the “Core i” branding, we can now think of the Core i7 as being equivalent to the Core Ultra 7.
In our records, the RTX 3050 Max-Q achieves an average score of 4,448 points in 3DMark Time Spy Graphics. This makes it 26% faster than the average score of the Radeon 890M. Thus, if the iGPU in Strix Halo LP provides RTX 3050-like performance, we can anticipate that even the least powerful Strix Halo APU will be a staggering 26% quicker than the Radeon 890M.
Future Developments
Lastly, MLID’s source mentioned that while AMD could introduce Strix Halo SKUs that consume even less power than Halo LP’s 105 W, the current strategy is to keep Strix Point focused on the 15-54 W range.
On a bright note, CES 2025 is just around the corner, and AMD appears to have an exciting lineup planned, potentially featuring the reveal of Strix Halo APUs. We won’t have to wait long to see if the Strix Halo LP is indeed real and how it compares with Team Red’s latest products.
