If you buy a laptop powered by an AMD processor (CPU) in 2025, there's a good chance it's running Strix Point hardware based on the company's Zen 5 architecture.
AMD Ryzen AI 300 silicon (aka Strix Point) was unveiled at Computex 2024, heralding a new era of mobile AI performance for AMD, and the chips have made their way into quite a few Windows laptops. In the Strix Point family are also AMD's Z2 Extreme chips designed for gaming handhelds, including the Lenovo Legion Go 2 and the Xbox Ally X.
AMD's subsequent Computex 2025 presentation was mostly filled with its new Radeon graphics cards and Ryzen Threadripper chips, leaving its mainstream mobile CPU segment to coast along for another year.
That's expected to change in 2026, although I can't say for sure when and where AMD will be unveiling its next generation of mobile CPUs. As it stands now, I'm still working with leaks and rumors, so take all information herein with some caution.
Here's everything I know about AMD's upcoming Gorgon Point mobile APUs.
AMD's Gorgon Point lineup leaked in 2025
The biggest source of information regarding AMD's upcoming Gorgon Point mobile CPUs comes from a leaker (via PCGamer), who exposed some internal slides from a closed partner meeting in March 2025.
X user harukaze5719 is who originally posted the captured slides; the X post was removed not long after. However, the slides were picked up by many outlets and reported on before being deleted.
The biggest news is likely to be that AMD Gorgon Point is slated for a 2026 launch. However, those who were expecting a big change might be let down by the leaked information.
AMD's Gorgon Point chips look a lot like Strix Point. Here's a comparison between the top AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX chips from both generations, based on the info from the leak.
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX (Gorgon Point) |
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX (Strix Point) |
|
|---|---|---|
Cores / Threads |
12 / 24 (Zen 5) |
12 / 24 (Zen 5) |
Max boost |
5.2+ GHz |
5.1 GHz |
Cache |
36MB |
24MB |
NPU |
55+ TOPS (XDNA 2) |
50 TOPS (XDNA 2) |
GPU |
16 CU (RDNA 3.5) |
16 CU (RDNA 3.5) |
Gorgon Point appears to be using the same 12 cores split up between Zen 5 and Zen 5c, as well as the same RDNA 3.5 GPU and XDNA 2 Neural Processing Unit (NPU) for AI tasks.
AMD does seem to deliver gains in the max boost clock and NPU TOPS areas based on this information, but I wouldn't expect any major changes in any chip in terms of integrated GPU power.
Roughly three months after the initial Gorgon Point leak, Videocardz reported on information from a shipping manifest website that showed some of AMD's next-gen chips.
The leaked manifests seem to confirm that new 10-core and 12-core Ryzen CPUs are in the works, and they're expected to launch at a 28W TDP.
It also appears that AMD wants to add some extra chips on the lower end of the lineup. A Gorgon Point Ryzen 3 option is listed on the leaked slide.
AMD Gorgon Point: FAQ
What is AMD Gorgon Point?
AMD Gorgon Point is the codename for the next generation of mobile Ryzen CPUs. There's a good chance that they will launch using the name "Ryzen AI 400" to follow up the current Ryzen AI 300 mobile chips available now in laptops.
When are AMD Gorgon Point mobile CPUs expected to launch?
Based on leaked internal slides, it appears that AMD is targeting 2026 to launch its next-gen Gorgon Point mobile CPUs.
AMD unveiled Strix Point at Computex 2024, so it's not a far reach to think that AMD could be cooking something up for next year's event.
What are the differences between Gorgon Point and Strix Point?
So far, it doesn't look like there's a big difference between the chips, at least from an architectural standpoint. Both appear to use Zen 5 CPU cores, RDNA 3.5 GPU cores, and XDNA 2 NPU cores.
One can always hope to see performance and efficiency improvements with a new generation of CPUs, and indeed, it appears that AMD has bumped the boost clock and the NPU power in some of the chips.
What process node is AMD using for Gorgon Point?
It's yet unconfirmed, but the minor changes to the Gorgon Point chips compared to Strix Point would suggest that AMD will continue to use the TSMC N4 node for its next-gen silicon.
What is an APU and does it differ from a CPU?
You'll probably notice that AMD's mobile chips are sometimes called an APU and sometimes a CPU.
AMD coined the term APU — which stands for Accelerated Processing Unit — more than a decade ago as a way to make its processors with an integrated GPU on the same die stand out. Many use the two terms interchangeably when discussing certain AMD products.
You might have also heard of Systems-on-Chip (SoC). It is a broader term for a chip that has everything it needs — beyond the CPU and GPU — to function as a full system.
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