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Ryzen AI 7 HX 455 keeps the 16-CU GPU and drops the CPU to eight cores

The Die Brief Desk, after guru3d.com

The 16-CU GPU holds while the CPU drops to eight cores, a pairing IT Home traces to @金猪升级包.

Picture from ithome.com
Picture from ithome.com
Ryzen AI 7 HX 455Ryzen Z2 Extreme
chipGorgon Point 1
CPU cores8
threads16
L3 cache24 MB
integrated GPU16 compute units
core mix3x Zen 5, 5x Zen 5c
full configuration12 cores / 24 threads

The part sits on Gorgon Point 1 with 24 MB of L3 cache and 16 threads.

The document contrasts the 8-core part with a 12-core, 24-thread configuration but gives no clocks, power limits, memory speeds, or benchmark numbers.

Laptop makers can pair a smaller CPU with the full graphics block, which may lower the bill of materials for systems that need the 16-CU iGPU.

AMD has not released the part, so the buyer still has no price, no TDP, and no measured frame rate.

What remains unmeasured is the core mix, clock behavior, and whether the 8-core cut changes thermal headroom or gaming performance.

The leak is a BOM signal: AMD may let laptop makers buy the full 16-CU graphics block without the 12-core CPU.

Until AMD releases official details, the part is a configuration, not a product.

The leak points to a cost lever for laptop makers: a smaller CPU with the full graphics block. AMD has not confirmed the part, so the configuration remains unmeasured.

After guru3d.com. We did not report this. The pictures, if any, are theirs.

October 21, 2026 · 2 min
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