Yet, here we are with the very first confirmed Strix Halo product: the ASUS ROG Flow Z13 2-in-1 laptop-tablet hybrid. Actually, this isn’t strictly a new product; ASUS already sells ROG Flow Z13 tablets with Intel processors and GeForce graphics. Given that, it should perhaps be no surprise that the design is capable of handling the Ryzen AI MAX 300 series parts and their high-end specifications.
ASUS hasn’t announced the ROG Flow Z13 with AMD’s new Strix Point parts yet, but the machine appeared in a Geekbench result over the weekend with strong performance: 2894 points on a single core and 20708 points across all cores. Those results outstrip both the “Dragon Range” Ryzen 9 7945HX as well as the Ryzen 9 7945HX3D version, which is AMD’s current mobile flagship.
Then, hardware enthustast and part-time leaker Everest (@Olrak29_ on Xwitter) threw the “GZ302EA” model number into Google and came up with links to two different shops listing the new model. There were no prices listed, but both pages are clear that we’re looking at a 16-core “Ryzen AI MAX+ 395 w/Radeon 8060S“. That’s notable because it’s the first time we’ve seen the Ryzen AI MAX branding without “PRO”, indicating that AMD will indeed be selling Strix Halo to gamers, not just prosumers.
If you’re lost, let us explain. Strix Point is the codename for AMD’s extant mobile processors with up to twelve CPU cores and sixteen GPU compute units. Those parts top out with the Ryzen AI 9 HX 375. AMD has a true high-end mobile part on the way, though, in the form of Strix Halo. These parts, as we noted above, will have up to sixteen CPU cores, and thanks to the use of the same Zen 5 core complex dice (CCDs) as the Ryzen desktop and EPYC server chips, those parts have the full allotment of 4MB of L3 cache per core.
Strix Halo, which isn’t expected to launch officially until CES in a few weeks, also comes with a gigantic onboard GPU with similar theoretical performance to the Radeon RX 7700 XT. To feed the beast, it has a 256-bit memory interface—twice the width of typical desktop and laptop CPUs. However, it will purportedly still employ standard LPDDR5X memory limiting overall memory bandwidth compared to discrete GPUs.
AMD is expected to announce Strix Halo processors at CES 2025 alongside new Radeon and Instinct hardware. We can’t wait to see what vendors like Minisforum, Beelink, and Geekom do with the mega-APU.