AMD Ryzen AI 400 Medusa Point laptop chips rumoured to stick with an RDNA 3-based GPU

A previous leak says AMD's Zen 6 lineup would unite under the Medusa banner, with Medusa Ridge desktop parts and Medusa Point/Medusa Halo for laptops. One would rightfully assume the new Zen 6 CPU cores would be accompanied by a new RDNA iGPU. Apparently, that is not the case, at least for laptops, if a new leak from Weibo is accurate.

Medusa Point laptops will be stuck with an unspecified version of RDNA 3 iGPUs, likely RDNA 3.5. But, it won't get the coveted RDNA 4 update that allows for hardware-based FSR 4.0 and other goodies bought forth by the architecture. Hence, the VCN (Video Core Next) might also be restricted to the older version, which could be problematic because it isn't nearly as feature-rich as its Nvidia/Intel counterparts.

In an earlier interview, AMD confirmed RDNA 4 would be exclusive to desktop dGPUs only, so the decision to stick with RDNA 3.5 for Medusa Point isn't exactly surprising. RDNA 5 (or UDNA, depending on who you ask) will still find its way on desktop (Ryzen 11,000 series) parts. That leaves us with the coveted Strix Halo successor - Medusa Halo. A newer generation GPU could greatly benefit from its extra memory bandwidth and rumoured 3D V-cache, and it will be greatly disappointing if AMD recycles Strix Halo's RDNA 3.5 GPU across two generations.