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Message: [QUOTE="Queen, post: 85056, member: 27"] AMD is quietly juicing its biggest laptop SoCs, and Gorgon Halo looks like a straight-up clock boost party with faster memory thrown in. What AMD is refreshing [LIST] [*]AMD is lining up a refresh of its Ryzen AI MAX lineup [*]The new family is called Ryzen AI MAX 400 [*]Codename is Gorgon Halo [*]This replaces Ryzen AI MAX 300 Strix Halo, not reinventing it [/LIST] What actually changes this time [LIST] [*]Core counts stay exactly the same [*]CPU clocks go up [*]GPU clocks go up [*]Platform-level tuning does the rest [*]Think refinement, not redesign [/LIST] How big is the lineup is [LIST] [*]There are five SKUs in total [*]This is the full stack, not a partial leak [*]Every tier from midrange to absurd is covered [/LIST] The five chips everyone is tracking [LIST] [*]Ryzen AI MAX+ 495 sits at the top [*]Ryzen AI MAX+ 492 follows right behind [*]Ryzen AI MAX 490 handles upper-mid duties [*]Ryzen AI MAX+ 488 exists for GPU-heavy configs [*]Ryzen AI MAX 485 rounds things out [/LIST] Memory finally gets faster [LIST] [*]Gorgon Halo supports LPDDR5X-8533 [*]That is up from LPDDR5X-8000 on Strix Halo [*]Bandwidth-hungry GPUs benefit the most here [*]This is one of the quieter but bigger upgrades [/LIST] What stays the same under the hood [LIST] [*]Zen 5 CPU cores across the board [*]RDNA 3.5 graphics architecture [*]Same core layouts as the MAX 300 series [*]AMD is clearly happy with the base design [/LIST] Flagship behavior check [LIST] [*]Ryzen AI MAX+ 495 runs 16 cores and 32 threads [*]CPU clocks now reach 5.2 GHz [*]GPU is the Radeon 8060S [*]GPU clocks hit 3.0 GHz [*]Everything is bumped roughly 100 MHz [/LIST] AI performance expectations [LIST] [*]NPU numbers are not listed yet [*]Expectations land around 55 to 60 TOPS [*]That lines up with AMD’s current AI pitch [*]This is still an AI-branded lineup, not just CPU muscle [/LIST] Power targets are flexible [LIST] [*]Base TDP is 55W [*]Configurable down to 45W [*]Can scale all the way up to 120W [*]OEMs get a lot of room to tune thermals [/LIST] Graphics configuration breakdown [LIST] [*]Three SKUs ship with the full Radeon 8060S [*]That means 40 compute units [*]Lower SKUs drop to the Radeon 8050S [*]Even those still get healthy clocks [/LIST] Why this refresh exists [LIST] [*]Ryzen AI MAX 400 is about staying competitive [*]AMD wants to keep the momentum without waiting for a new architecture [*]Small gains stack up fast in mobile platforms [/LIST] Timing expectations [LIST] [*]Gorgon Halo likely lands late this year or early next year [*]Strix Halo just received new SKUs, so this is the next step [*]Standard Ryzen AI 400 Gorgon chips are also close [/LIST] Who AMD is aiming at [LIST] [*]These parts go head-to-head with Intel’s Core Ultra Series 3 [*]Panther Lake is the direct target [*]That lineup hits shelves next week [*]AMD wants its refresh ready for the fight [/LIST] The short version [LIST] [*]Same silicon, turned up louder [*]Faster memory finally joins the party [*]No surprises, just sharper edges [*]Gorgon Halo is AMD squeezing more life out of a proven design [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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