AMD's next-gen 'Gorgon Point' APUs leaked: Zen 5, RDNA 3.5 refresh expected in 2026

AMD is cooking up a refreshed Ryzen AI series "Gorgon Point" APU family, based on Zen 5 and RDNA 3.5, expected to drop in 2026.

In a special event hosted by LG and AMD for its next-generation Gram laptop, we have AMD's new Gorgon Point APU. The flagship Ryzen AI 9 variant of Gorgon Point will feature 12 cores and 24 threads of Zen 5 processing power, the same core and thread count as the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 "Strix Point" APU.

Gorgon Point bumps the CPU clocks up to 5.2GHz+ as well as boosting L3 cache up to 36MB (up from 34MB on Strix Point). The flagship Gorgon Point APU will feature 16 CUs of RDNA 3.5 GPU, the same as what ships on Strix Point. We've also got the Ryzen AI 7 variant of Gorgon Point, which will have 8 cores and 16 threads at 5.2GHz+ and 8 CUs of RDNA 3.5, once again, the same GPU core count as its Strix Point APU counterpart.

2

AMD's new Gorgon Point APUs have the same XDNA 2-based NPU for AI workloads, but with an increased 55+ TOPS of AI power, compared to 50 TOPS on Strix Point.

We don't know what branding the new Gorgon Point APUs will fall under, but we could expect these new chips to be part of the new Ryzen AI 400 series APU family in 2026. After that, we'll have Medusa Point which is rumored to be based on the next-gen Zen 6 architecture, with a rumored 12C/24T of Zen 6 with 16-32 CUs of RDNA 3.X (upgraded) GPU on a wider 256-bit memory bus.

• Read more: AMD's next-gen Medusa Point 'Zen 6' APU rumor: dropping RDNA 4/5 GPU for updated RDNA 3.X GPU

Furthermore, rumor has it the flagship Medusa Halo APU will sport an insane 24 cores and 48 threads of Zen 6 power, with a huge 48 CUs of RDNA 3.X GPU... providing what could be RTX 5070 Ti levels of power according to leakers. AMD is on a roll with APUs with its new Strix Point and especially Strix Halo APUs, but things will really heat up with future-gen APUs in 2026 and beyond.