Zen 6-based AMD Medusa Point CPU posts impressive single-core Geekbench performance despite low clocks

An AMD Medusa Point laptop chip has shown up on Geekbench again. Unlike last time, when the CPU performed well below expectations, the new listing gives us a rough idea about the performance gains one can expect from Zen 6-powered chips. Further revisions will likely yield even better numbers, as the sample in question appears to be running at a rather low clock speed of 2.0 GHz.

The chip’s specs imply it could be the Ryzen AI 9 565, the Zen 6-based successor to the Ryzen AI 9 365 and Ryzen AI 9 465 launched previously. It has 10 CPU cores in a 4+6 layout, suggesting a mix of four Zen 6 cores and six Zen 6c cores. That said, a previous leak insisted Medusa Point will introduce low-power cores to the mix, so the second cluster can be further subdivided into four Zen 6c and two Zen 6 LP cores.  

The AMD Plum-MDS1 tacitly confirms it is a Medusa Point SKU, while the AMD Eng Sample: 100-000001713-33_N tag tells us it is an engineering sample—a revised variant of AMD Eng Sample: 100-000001713-31_N from last time. Performance-wise, the chip scores 3,174 and 15,092 in Geekbench’s single and multi-core tests, respectively.

It is about 11% faster than the Ryzen AI 9 465 (2,857/14,315) in single-core performance and negligibly better in multi-core performance. As stated earlier, the Ryzen AI 9 565’s showing is likely hindered by slow clocks, and subsequent revisions will give us a better idea of how it fares against its Zen 5 counterparts.