AMD Strix Halo lineup expands with cheaper chips sporting Radeon 40-core Radeon 8060S graphics
by Brad Linder · LiliputingThe AMD Strix Halo line of processors are mobile chips that combine high-performance Zen 5 CPU cores with enough RDNA 3.5 GPU compute units to offer integrated graphics with discrete-class performance. When combined with high-bandwidth onboard memory, this makes these chips ideal for compact AI workstations, but they’ve also shown up in a few gaming tablets and handhelds.
Now it looks like AMD may be preparing to expand the lineup to include two more options for folks that want the highest-performance graphics available, but may be willing to sacrifice a bit of CPU performance in order to keep the price lower.
At launch, the Strix Halo lineup including a 16-core Ryzen AI Max+ 395 chip with 40-core Radeon 8060S graphics and a few cheaper options including the 8-core Ryzen AI Max 385 and 12-core Ryzen AI Max 390, both of which featured Radeon 8050S graphics with 32 GPU cores.
But Chinese company SixUnited recently spilled the beans on two previously unannounced processors. In an article outlining several upcoming PCs powered by Strix Halo processors, the company included information about new Ryzen AI Max+ 392 and Ryzen AI Max 388 chips.
What makes these processors interesting is that they have the same Radeon 8060S graphics as the top-of-the-line Ryzen AI Max+ 395 chip, but fewer CPU cores and less cache. In other words, they should offer nearly identical graphics performance, while costing a little less. And that could make them good options for PC makers looking to offer slightly cheaper devices without sacrificing on AI & graphics capabilities.
Here’s the full Strix Halo lineup:
| Cores / Threads | Max Boost freq | Cache | GPU | |
| Ryzen AI Max+ 395 | 16 / 32 | 5.1 GHz | 80MB | Radeon 8060S (40 CUs, up to 2.9 GHz) |
| Ryzen AI Max+ 392* | 12 / 24 | 5 GHz | 76MB | Radeon 8060S (40 CUs, up to 2.9 GHz) |
| Ryzen AI Max 390 | 12 / 24 | 5 GHz | 76MB | Radeon 8050S (32 CUs, up to 2.8 GHz) |
| Ryzen AI Max 388* | 8 / 16 | 5 GHz | 40MB | Radeon 8060S (40 CUs, up to 2.9 GHz) |
| Ryzen AI Max 385 | 8 / 16 | 5 GHz | 40MB | Radeon 8050S (32 CUs, up to 2.8 GHz) |
| Ryzen AI Max 380 Pro | 6 / 12 | 4.9 GHz | 22MB | Radeon 8040S (16 CUs, up to 2.8 GHz) |
The chips with an asterisk next to the names are the ones that have been leaked by SixUnited, but which haven’t yet been officially confirmed by AMD.
All of the processors feature an NPU with up to 50 TOPS of AI performance, but its the GPU and support for 256GB/s memory bandwidth that really comes into play when running AI models. A system configured with 128GB of LPDDR5X RAM can allocate up to 96GB for use by the GPU, allowing you to run AI models locally including a 70 billion parameter Deepseek-R1/V3 model, 109B parameter llama 4 Scout model, or 235 billion parameter Qwen3 model.
As for the other part of SixUnited’s announcement, it’s unclear if any of the new hardware the company has announced will be available outside of China anytime soon. But SixUnited is introducing a new 16 inch laptop, 14 inch tablet, a familiar looking mini PC, a NAS, and desktop computer, all-in-one PC, and motherboard solutions that are all powered by Strix Halo chips.
via /r/AMDLaptops and VideoCardz