Detailed AMD Medusa Halo and Medusa Halo Mini APUs leak claims up to 26x Zen 6 cores and next-gen RDNA 5 iGPUs

[Redaktion]

In a comprehensive leak covering AMD Zen 6 APUs, including Medusa Point, serial leaker Moore's Law Is Dead has revealed a ton of details regarding the Medusa Halo and the Medusa Halo Mini APUs. Both APUs feature a mix of Zen 6 CPU cores and an RDNA 5 iGPU.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Detailed-AMD-Medusa-Halo-and-Medusa-Halo-Mini-APUs-leak-claims-up-to-26x-Zen-6-cores-and-next-gen-RDNA-5-iGPUs.1093912.0.html

[Papua]

People haven't even been able to get their hands on strix halo chips yet.

[Drakkan]

People haven't even been able to get their hands on strix halo chips yet.

Eh? I got one months ago with no effort.

[Hotz]

AMD: RDNA 4 iGPUs haven't even arrived in the bulk of mini-PCs and laptops (only RDNA 3 or 3.5 in the case of Strix Halo), and yet they wave the flag about RDNA 5....

INTEL: Xe2 iGPUs haven't even arrived in the bulk of mini-PCs and laptops (only as niche products, whereas it should have been in Arrow Lake or Refresh), and yet they wave the flag about Xe3....


It's disgusting how both of them are jumping from one iteration to the next within such a short time, without delivering in large quantities, and make you feel whatever you buy is old §hit, and cause the driver support being be stopped earlier, as only the new GPU iteration will be served.

[Alphonsokurukuchu]

ofcourse it's MILD

[RXAX]

AMD: RDNA 4 iGPUs haven't even arrived

I don't think rdna4 igpus are ever coming. All the leaked timelines for it suggest very late release dates, like 2027. By that time, they might as well just go rdna5/udna. It's not unusual for amd to skip generations. After all, didn't they skip rdna1 by going directly from vega to rdna2?

Also, wasn't there an interview from someone pretty high up at amd recently, where someone asked about amds plans for rdna4 outside of desktop? And the response was pretty much, rdna4 is mainly for desktop only, that there aren't any plans currently in the making and not to expect much else.

Months ago there were some leaks about rdna4 mobile dgpu being worked on but it wouldn't surprise me if they've been cancelled. Nvidia is just too dominant when it comes to laptop dgpus with OEMs, so it seems AMD is just doubling down on the APU/igpu strategy.