AMD Strix Halo ‘RDNA 3.5’ iGPU rumored to launch under the Radeon 8000S branding — Up to 40 CUs and support for LPDDR5X-8000 memory

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AMD Strix Halo ‘RDNA 3.5’ iGPU rumored to launch under the Radeon 8000S branding — Up to 40 CUs and support for LPDDR5X-8000 memory

AMD’s plans for the mainstream market have come to light as the company readies its upcoming Strix Halo, ***** Range, Krackan Point, and Radeon RX 8000 offerings thanks to a series of leaked roadmaps by

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on Weibo (via

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). Most notably, the flagship Strix Halo APUs will use the Radeon 8000S moniker for their integrated GPU (iGPU) solution – set to pack upwards of 40 Compute Units (CUs).

As per the *****, AMD’s Strix Halo or Ryzen AI MAX 300 APUs will use the FP11 socket and host upwards of 16 cores (Ryzen AI MAX+ 395), based on the Zen 5 microarchitecture alongside a massive 40 RDNA 3.5 CU iGPU. In addition, Strix Halo offers support for 256-bit LPDDR5X-8000 memory with shipping manifests indicating up to (but not limited to) 128GB of RAM.

Going off on a tangent, the iGPU solution will fall under the Radeon 8000S umbrella; Radeon 8060S and Radeon 8050S. This is quite different from Rembrandt, Phoenix, and Strix – all of which used nearly identical Radeon 600M, 700M, and 800M conventions and might confuse some customers since the “S” suffix was seen on some Radeon 7000 dedicated laptop GPUs; the Radeon 7700S and Radeon 7600S.

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The enthusiast laptop market is expected to soon welcome AMD’s ***** Range series of CPUs. Based on Zen 5, ***** Range ups the memory support from DDR5-5200 to DDR5-5600 and will come in X3D flavors as well. Notably, ***** Range won’t exactly succeed Dragon Range (Ryzen 7045HX) but will operate in parallel at least until 2026.

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AMD is also working on enthusiast-grade RDNA 4 (Navi 4X) GPUs, widely slated to arrive sometime next year or in 2026. The budget end of the spectrum will continue with refreshes based on Navi 33 alongside Strix/Krackan APUs. What ******** to be seen is whether AMD can deliver these GPUs in volume to OEMs, since we barely saw any laptops with dedicated Radeon 7000 graphics solutions.

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Sticking to the consumer side of things, Strix Point will continue its journey into 2025 and will see a refresh (possibly like Hawk Point) in 2026. Krackan Point (Ryzen AI 300), likely to be announced at CES, will supersede Hawk Point (Ryzen 8040). AMD is also prepping a Ryzen AI 200 series – a refresh of Hawk Point, which itself is a refresh of Phoenix. Rembrandt-R (Ryzen 7035) isn’t retiring anytime soon and will remain a staple in budget laptops by the end of 2025 – tying into AMD’s plans regarding the Ryzen Z2 series.

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All in all, AMD’s portfolio for the next two years is jam-packed with exciting launches and plans. Please remember, the information shared in the leaked slides could contain errors — even if it comes from a usually reliable source and passes the sniff test. What also ******** to be seen is the pricing and product availability. Strix Halo, Radeon RX 8000 desktop GPUs, and Krackan Point should be officially announced at CES 2025, but AMD may still have a few surprises up its sleeve.

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