AMD recently announced its new Ryzen AI 300-series processors, which promise to deliver significantly better performance than their predecessors. These new processors boast a 20% improvement in overall CPU performance and around 36% better gaming performance, though the exact conditions for these claims were not specified.
According to MSI, a prominent computer hardware company, the Ryzen AI 9 300 series processors specifically show about a 20% increase in single-core, multi-core, and integrated graphics performance. These processors score over 2,000 points in single-core and over 20,000 in multi-core benchmarks on Cinebench R23, and achieve a Time Spy score of around 3,600 points. This suggests that the new Radeon 890M integrated GPU can perform on par with Intel’s Arc A370M, Nvidia’s GeForce MX 570, and the GeForce GTX 1650 laptop GPUs.
The top model in this series, the Ryzen AI 370 AI HX 370, includes 12 Zen 5-based CPU cores and a Radeon 890M GPU with 16 compute units (totaling 1,024 stream processors). This new GPU is a step up from the previous Radeon 780M, offering 33% more stream processors and thus potentially much higher compute performance.
However, the real-world performance of integrated GPUs (iGPUs) is often limited by factors like thermal design power (TDP) and memory bandwidth. As a result, the performance gains from the additional stream processors might not fully reflect the theoretical improvements. Despite this, a 20% increase in performance compared to the Radeon 780M is a reasonable expectation for typical applications.
In games that are not limited by memory bandwidth but require more computational power, the Radeon 890M might perform significantly better than its predecessor. This is due to its higher number of compute units and the architectural advancements of the RDNA 3.5 microarchitecture, which is more advanced than the RDNA 3 architecture used in the older model.
There are a few caveats to keep in mind with this information. MSI’s performance estimates are more detailed than those provided by AMD, but they might be comparing different laptop models with varying processors, cooling solutions, and memory configurations, which can affect the results. Additionally, the specific drivers used for the tests were not disclosed, and the leaked performance details have not been independently verified.
Therefore, while these early indications are promising, it’s wise to take them with caution until more verified information becomes available.
This summary is based on an article by Anton Shilov published on June 17, 2024, on Tom’s Hardware. The original article can be accessed here.
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