AMD has made a subtle tweak to its Zen 5-based Strix Point processor lineup, boosting RAM speeds and making users happy. Strix Point processors now support LPDDR5X-8000 RAM speed. The interesting thing is that this upgrade was revealed in a subtle leak on AMD’s official website, giving the Strix Point series a small but important advantage. So what is this advantage?
A hidden performance improvement for Strix Point processors from AMD: New LPDDR5X-8000 RAM speed now supported
Strix Point processors, which were previously limited to LPDDR5X-7500, have increased the memory speed by 500 MT/s with this update, improving graphics performance for users. This higher speed will allow the processors to perform more efficiently in gaming and graphics-intensive applications, providing an ideal foundation for graphics-intensive operations.
AMD’s newly-noticed update only applies to fixed, soldered RAM. In other words, there is a speed boost that will apply to soldered RAM used in laptops and compact devices. For systems using DDR5-5600 RAM, however, the change is limited; the platform now only supports up to two DIMM modules, up from the previous limit of four.
So for users who want more RAM capacity with multiple DIMM configurations, this innovation may be a bit limited. However, the overall memory capacity remains limited to 256 GB, which means that the Strix Point supports a fairly large amount of memory.
With this update, AMD’s future models, such as the Ryzen Z2 Extreme, are also expected to benefit from this faster memory speed. Models launching in 2025, such as the Ryzen Z2 Extreme, are also expected to take advantage of this speed advantage in graphics performance to deliver a powerful experience. To summarize, AMD has further strengthened the Strix Point series with this update and is preparing to offer users a more performance-oriented Zen 5 experience in the future.
