AMD to launch gaming-oriented Ryzen AI MAX+ 388 “Strix Halo” APU with full Radeon 806

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AMD preps yet another Ryzen AI MAX SKU: 388 with 40 RDNA3.5 Compute Units

The new chip would feature one CPU chiplet and full graphics.



While there are hardly any gaming handhelds or gaming-oriented Strix Halo products, users who are focused purely on gaming can save hundreds of dollars if they choose the lower-end SKU called Ryzen AI MAX 385. Unlike the flagship MAX+ 395, it has 8 instead of 16 cores, and it also has cut-down graphics from 40 RDNA 3.5 compute units to 32.

Still, for many this is a good balance for gaming. The good news is that this choice may soon have another option that would require no such sacrifices. The Ryzen AI MAX+ 388 was just spotted over at PassMark.

Initially it was not quite clear what the “+” means in MAX branding, but the explanation may be simpler than that. The + applies to all SKUs with full Radeon 8060S graphics featuring 40 CUs. For this reason, the new SKU, although it should sit below MAX 390, would still feature the plus branding. This matches what Intel is planning for the Core Ultra 300 series, where “X” variants would also feature full graphics.

Ryzen AI MAX+ 388 is an 8-core CPU that has been spotted over at PassMark. This does not mean the SKU is confirmed, but PassMark rarely lists SKUs that never reach the market. In fact, it is much more reliable than Geekbench, which might have such variants.

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