AMD Medusa Point laptop CPU with Zen 6 cores makes Geekbench debut

AMD’s next-gen laptop CPU, codenamed Medusa Point, has just shown up on Geekbench under the AMD Plum-MDS1 moniker. An earlier roadmap suggested it would launch sometime in 2027. If previous AMD launches are anything to go by, it will surface at CES.

Medusa Point will be one of the first products to use Team Red’s new Zen 6 CPU cores. While the listing does not explicitly name any SKU by name, Geekbench’s backend reveals it is a Ryzen 9 model, likely the Ryzen AI 9 565 (tentative).

It scores 1,210 and 7,323 points in Geekbench 6.6’s single and multi-core tests, respectively. It has ten CPU cores and 32 MB of cache, a notable upgrade over the 24 MB offered by Gorgon Point. Because it is an engineering sample, the Ryzen AI 9 565 tested here is not operating at its full capacity, as exhibited by its boost clock of 2.3 GHz. 

Unfortunately, the listing does not break down the CPU core layout. If a previous leak is accurate, Medusa Point will come with at least two low-power cores, with the remaining clusters running four Zen 6 and four Zen 6c cores. Unfortunately, the iGPU is not slated to get an RDNA5 upgrade, with numerous rumours stating it will stick with RDNA 3.5.