AMD Ryzen AI 7 300 ‘Krackan Point’ APU Allegedly Spotted in Benchmark and Shipping Manifest – Eight Zen 5 Sports Cores and LPDDR5X-8000 Memory

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Thanks Everest on XAPU from AMD’s upcoming “Krackan Point” series or popular Ryzen AI 300 series has allegedly appeared in benchmark and shipping manifest.

The Ryzen AI 300 series launched with AMD’s premium “Strix Point” silicon, which is offered on the Ryzen 9 and Ryzen 7 PRO series with over 16 compute units (CUs) based on RDNA 3.5. Traditionally, AMD will continue with budget-oriented production Krakan next year’s lineup – which we assume the flagship has just leaked.

The APU has been spotted with the OPN code “100-000000713-21_N” on Openbenchmarking, a website that collects benchmark data from the Phoronix Test Suite. The eight core and sixteen thread configuration puts it in Ryzen 7 territory, so it’s safe to assume that the mainstream Ryzen AI 5/7 300 series APUs will be based on Krackan.

It’s worth mentioning that based on the leaks, these eight cores are split into four Zen 5 cores and four Zen 5c cores – although the cache configuration does not change. To further solidify our claims, the motherboard mentions “BirmanPlus-KRK” – where KRK is short for Krackan.

Moreover, this leak shows that Krackan will support up to LPDDR5X-8000 memory, which is a nice step up from the Strix and Phoenix – both of which max out at just LPDDR5-7500. Rumor has it that Krackan Point APUs have a maximum of eight CUs based on RDNA 3.5. Since Lunar Lake easily keeps up with the 16-CU Radeon 890M, Krackan could be at a loss – although its competitive price will give it an advantage, as Lunar Lake isn’t cheap to produce and package.

The packing list also allegedly mentions two Krackan Point APUs: Ryzen 7 PRO and Ryzen 5 PRO with a TDP of 28W based on AMD’s FP8 socket. It looks like AMD is currently shipping to OEMs, so Krackan may not be that far away.

AMD’s statement shows that Krackan Point is real and will appear in early 2025. Team Red can expect these APUs to be showcased at CES 2025, with their launch taking place in the coming weeks. Krackan Point should replace the Phoenix series – giving users the benefits of Zen 5 and the updated RDNA 3.5 architecture.