Lenovo teases Ryzen 8050 naming for AMD Strix Point APUs

Ryzen 8050, potential name for first Zen5 mobile products mentioned by Lenovo

Apparently desktop and mobile segment might feature different naming scheme altogether

Gigabyte recently announced the name for the Ryzen 9000 “Zen5” desktop chips, signaling they’re hitting the market soon. And it looks like Lenovo accidentally spilled the beans on AMD’s first-ever mobile series based on the same tech. According to reports is, the mobile lineup will rock the name Ryzen 8050.

This leak popped up in a brochure for the T14 Gen5 laptop chassis, boasting Ryzen AI technology. AMD’s Ryzen AI series packs the XDNA processor, turbocharging AI tasks with hardware acceleration. The next-gen APUs are rumored to pack the XDNA2 chip, promising to be three times faster than the current Hawk Point (8040 series). Both of these chips are reportedly used by Lenovo ThinkPad T14 Gen5 platform.

AMD Strix Point is Ryzen 8050, Source: Lenovo/TechnicallyLogic

The Ryzen 8050 series naming does actually make a lot of sense. AMD has confirmed mobile naming scheme a long time ago and “8” should refer to the 2024 products while “5” confirms its a Zen5 product.

AMD Strix Point AI core performance, Source: AMD

Supposedly, this naming scheme does not apply to desktop series, at least AMD never said it does. Furthermore, this suggests hat Strix Halo, which is a high-end APU design expected to debut in 2025, could easily use Ryzen 9050 naming.

AMD has thus far only confirmed that Strix Point will start shipping this year, but the word on the street is that it will be unveiled during Computex 2024 keynote.

Source: TechnicallyLogic