Leaked AMD Zen 6 CPU benchmarks show impressive results
AMD “Medusa Point” Zen 6 CPU benchmark results leak, highlighting strong generational gains
Geekbench results for a CPU called “AMD Plum-MDS1” have leaked online, giving us a glimpse of AMD’s upcoming Zen 6 Ryzen processors. This CPU is reportedly an early “Medusa Point” CPU model.
This engineering sample appears to feature four AMD Zen 6 CPU cores and six Zen 6c cores. This gives the new processor 10 total cores, matching the core count of AMD’s Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, a Zen 5-based Strix Point processor. In other words, this leaked CPU result is for a straight-up replacement for AMD’s Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 CPU.
Strong generational gains
In Geekbench 6.6, AMD’s Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 achieves single-threaded and multi-threaded scores of 2605 and 13397, respectively. For AMD’s leaked Medusa Point CPU, single-threaded and multi-threaded scores of 3174 and 15092 are achieved. This gives AMD’s new Zen 6 CPU a 21.8% single-threaded and 12.6% multi-threaded advantage. Not bad for an early engineering sample. This begs the question: how much faster will retail-ready silicon be?
(Leaked AMD Zen 6 “Medusa Point” Geekbench 6.6 result – via HXL)
This Geekbench result shows some interesting specifications for AMD’s “Medusa Point” CPU. However, it is unknown how accurately Geekbench is detecting this GPU’s cache sizes and features. The benchmark detects 32MB of L3 cache, which is notably higher than Strix Point, which had 24MB of L3 cache. The benchmark also notes support for new instructions like AXV-512-fp16.
Older Zen 6 CPU leaks have hinted at higher clock speeds for AMD’s next-generation CPUs. If this is true, Zen 6 CPUs should benefit from higher clock speeds across the range, boosting overall CPU performance. For this benchmark, it is unclear if AMD’s performance gain comes from boosted clock speeds or architectural enhancements (perhaps both?). Regardless, 20+% gains in single-threaded performance are a big deal for AMD. Will the same hold true for AMD’s Zen 6 desktop CPUs?
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