{"id":700729,"date":"2026-07-20T00:12:32","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T00:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/700729\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T00:12:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T00:12:32","slug":"amd-zen-6-powered-10-core-apu-leaks-on-geekbench-trades-blows-with-9-core-apple-m5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/700729\/","title":{"rendered":"AMD Zen 6-powered 10-core APU leaks on Geekbench, trades blows with 9-core Apple M5"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\"This<\/p>\n

\u24d8 AMD, edited<\/p>\n

<\/a>A new Geekbench 6 listing of the upcoming AMD Zen 6-powered 10-core “Medusa Point” APU has surfaced.<\/p>\n

A fresh Geekbench leak of AMD’s upcoming Zen 6-based 10-core “Medusa Point” APU has surfaced, promising a healthy uplift over its Zen 5 predecessor despite boasting a maximum clock speed of just 2152 MHz. <\/p>\n

The past few months, we have covered Geekbench leaks regarding AMD’s upcoming Zen 6-powered Medusa Point lineup, expected to launch early next year, quite a few times.\u00a0Thanks to @9550pro<\/a> on Twitter, it appears that we have a fresh set of scores on our hands, and this one appears to be higher than any we have reported on before.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

AMD Zen 6 engineering sample finally gets a chance to shine<\/p>\n

Just like last time<\/a>, the processor carries the exact same identifier, packing a 10-core setup consisting of 4 cores (likely Zen 6) and 6 cores (likely Zen 6c). The base frequency remains just 2 GHz, while the maximum frequency has seemingly climbed to 2152 MHz.\u00a0<\/p>\n

According to the listing, the engineering sample managed to clock 3,329 points in the single core and 16,555 points in the multicore test.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

Compared to the previous listing, the revised sample appears to have received a roughly 5% improvement in single-core and a whopping 10% improvement in multi-core scores.\u00a0Further enhancements are likely as the chip nears its launch, making us believe that there is still some performance left on the table.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

To put things into perspective, AMD’s latest Ryzen AI 9 465<\/a>\u00a0Gorgon Point\u00a0APU also packs a 10-core setup based on the Zen 5 architecture, and manages around 2,900 and 14,600 points in single and multicore tests respectively.\u00a0Apple’s 10-core M5<\/a> (MacBook Air curr. $1,255 on Amazon<\/a>) , on the other hand, manages to score a whopping 17,200 points in the same test, putting it well ahead of the Medusa Point part – at least for now.<\/p>\n

\tFurther details of the Geekbench 6 listing. <\/p>\n

\t\"Sambit<\/a>Sambit Saha<\/a> – Senior Tech Writer – 937 articles published on Notebookcheck since 2023<\/p>\n

As a true tech nerd and lover of all things Apple, I love reading, researching and writing about the latest advancements from the Cupertino giant. My fascination with Apple’s design philosophy, commitment to user satisfaction , and dedication towards pushing the boundaries of consumer technology keeps me eagerly anticipating what they’ll unveil next.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u24d8 AMD, edited A new Geekbench 6 listing of the upcoming AMD Zen 6-powered 10-core “Medusa Point” APU…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":700730,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[232736,232744,232742,268,59,269,262,267,261,270,266,263,129,232738,232737,232739,86,265,264,56,54,55,232743,158773,232740,232741],"class_list":["post-700729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-amd-medusa-point","tag-amd-medusa-point-leaks","tag-amd-upcoming-apu","tag-benchmarks","tag-gb","tag-graphics-card","tag-laptop","tag-netbook","tag-notebook","tag-processor","tag-reports","tag-review","tag-reviews","tag-ryzen-ai-9","tag-ryzen-ai-9-565","tag-ryzen-ai-9-geek-bench","tag-technology","tag-test","tag-tests","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-upcoming-amd-cpu","tag-zen-6","tag-zen-6-benchmarks","tag-zen-6-leaks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/700729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=700729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/700729\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/700730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=700729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=700729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=700729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}