First AMD Ryzen 9050 series APU benchmark spotted

We've seen plenty of pre-release CPU benchmarks over the years thanks to public benchmark databases. Most recently, the first Ryzen 9050 APU appeared in one such database, giving us a promising look at its potential. 

The Geekbench entry spotted by Benchleaks is from an AMD APU with the OPN (product) number 100-000000994-14_N. Based on the extra information from the page (adding .gb5 to the URL), it is believed to refer to an AMD Ryzen 9050 APU. The APU belongs to Family 26 and Model 32, which is known to be part of the Ryzen 9050 series.

[GB5 CPU] Unknown CPU
CPU: AMD Eng Sample: 100-000000994-14_N (12C 12T)
Min/Max/Avg: 1411/1414/1413 MHz
CPUID: B20F00 (AuthenticAMD)
Single: 1217
Multi: 8016https://t.co/vzGYJFaZpt

— Benchleaks (@BenchLeaks) April 24, 2024

The entry shows the upcoming CPU has 12 cores, all of which are based on Zen 5. It's expected that out of the 12, eight are Zen 5, and the other four are Zen 5c. The chip appears to be an early engineering sample since it has a maximum clock speed of 2.0GHz. However, it seems it ran the benchmark at just 1.4GHz. It's unclear whether the benchmarking couldn't fully utilise the clock speed or the program couldn't correctly read the clock speed of the two types of cores.

While the single-core score of 1217 points seems somewhat low, the multicore score is impressive, given that the CPU only operated at 1.4GHz. In comparison, the Ryzen 9 7940HS scores about 1995 and 11838, respectively. It is believed that AMD is gearing up to launch its Ryzen 9050 series before the end of this year.

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