Reviews for the AMD RDNA 3.5 Radeon 8060S iGPU are showing impressive performance, surpassing mid-range discreet graphics offerings. AMD’s Strix Halo APUs, aka Ryzen AI Max Series, are poised to take on team Green, and Blue while still trading blows with Apple. With up to 16 Zen 5 cores, and 128 GB system memory (up to 96 GB can be dedicated as VRAM), these new processors look to be a one-size-fits-all solution for gaming, content creation, general productivity, and AI development. At the top of the Strix Halo product stack is the Ryzen AI Max+ 395 which is at center stage for reviews showing its AMD RDNA 3.5 Radeon 8060S iGPU outperforming many competitors.
Ryzen AI Max 395+ Specifications (via AMD product page):
- Package Die Count: 3
- Architecture: 16x Zen 5
- CPU Cores/Threads: 16/32
- Base/Boost Clock: 3 GHz/Up to 5.1 GHz
- L2/L3 Cache: 16 MB/64 MB
- AMD Configurable TDP: 45-120W
- Manufacturing Process for CPU Cores + I/O Die: TSMC 4nm FinFet
- NPU Specifications: Up to 126 TOPS (Overall), up to 50 TOPS (NPU)
- Graphics: Radeon 8060S
- GPU Clock: 2900 MHz
- Compute Units: 40
- DirectX: 12
- Display Connectivity Support: DP 2.1, HDMI 2.1
- DisplayPort Max Refresh Rates (SDR): 7680×4320 @ 60Hz , 3840×2160 @ 240Hz , 3440×1440 @ 360Hz , 2560×1440 @ 480Hz , 1920×1080 @ 600Hz
- DisplayPort Max Refresh Rates (HDR): 7680×4320 @ 60Hz , 3840×2160 @ 240Hz , 3440×1440 @ 360Hz , 2560×1440 @ 480Hz , 1920×1080 @ 600Hz
- Max Video Encode Bandwidth (SDR): 1080p630 8bpc H.264, 1440p373 8bpc H.264, 2160p175 8bpc H.264, 1080p630 8bpc H.265, 1440p373 8bpc H.265, 2160p175 8bpc H.265, 4320p43 8bpc H.265, 1080p864 8/10bpc AV1, 1440p513 8/10bpc AV1, 2160p240 8/10bpc AV1, 4320p60 8/10bpc AV1
- Max Video Decode Bandwidth: 1080p60 8bpc MPEG2, 1080p60 8bpc VC1, 1080p786 8/10bpc VP9, 2160p196 8/10bpc VP9, 4320p49 8/10bpc VP9, 1080p1200 8bpc H.264, 2160p300 8bpc H.264, 4320p75 8bpc H.264, 1080p786 8/10bpc H.265, 2160p196 8/10bpc H.265, 4320p49 8/10bpc H.265, 1080p960 8/10bpc
- AMD Enhanced Virus Protection (NX bit): Yes
Testing:
The Ryzen AI Max+ 395 package is 441mm² and includes a CPU, GPU, and NPU. The two Zen 5 CCDs and RDNA 3.5 Radeon 8060S iGPU sit atop an I/O die that (per Tom’s Hardware) can support 3D V-Cache. The NPU occupies a portion of the iGPU. Notebookcheck has thoroughly tested the Ryzen AI Max+ 395 and RDNA 3.5 Radeon 8060S iGPU in Timespy where it completely dominated older iGPUs such as the Radeon 890M and Arc 140 V, led many of the GPUs in the discreet pack, and surpassed various Apple M3/M4 offerings but still unsurprisingly fell very short of the M4 Max. Testing also showed that users could expect to play Cyberpunk 2077 and Baldur’s Gate 3 in 1080p with max settings. QHD is still just a bit out of reach for GPU-intensive games but games with lighter workloads do well.
