Good news for budget laptop customers. AMD Ryzen AI 5 340 is part of the new "Krackan Point" generation. It has landed in the Geekbench benchmarks. The integrated graphics performance of the Radeon 840M looks promising. Let us look into what this means.
Krackan Point! Entry-Level with a Kick
AMD's Krackan Point APUs or Accelerated Processing Units are Apple to Dennis. They bring Zen 5 architecture to mainstream and budget-friendly laptops. The Ryzen AI 5 340 is one of those chips. It has a combination of Zen 5 and Zen 5c cores to balance performance and efficiency. But the graphics, really, are where the intrigue lies: the integrated Radeon 840M.
Performance Gains on Radeon 840M
The recently released Geekbench OpenCL benchmark results for the Radeon 840M show around 14,285 points. Numbers can sometimes be a nuisance. So, what does this mean? It means that Radeon 840M out-proved about 20% compared to the last generation Radeon 740M (based on about 11,991 for 740M). It is indeed a big leap in integrated graphics power.
And why does this matter? Integrated graphics are standard fare for most laptops made for everyday use. So when you get a performance upgrade here, it means everything from basic task performance to light gaming to graphical application performance without requiring a dedicated graphics card.
That said, the 840M is still the more entry-level GPU in the RDNA 3.5 integrated graphics series by AMD. This means it still lacks the Compute Units of both the mid-range 860M and pro-grade 890M. This is what the benchmarks tell us:
- Radeon 890M (High-end): Very fast (around 260% faster than 840M in this test)
- Radeon 860M (Mid-range): Significantly faster (around 55% faster than 840M)
- Radeon 840M (Entry-level): Good bump from last generation, decent for its class
What Lithium or Laptops Will Ryzen AI 5 340 Hold?
The early benchmarks show that the laptops with the Ryzen AI 5 340 and Radeon 840M will be a significant step up in terms of graphics performance for budget offerings. They will not be rivals for the high-end gaming laptops. But they could slicken things for everyday use, a little bit of content creating, and light gaming offerings. For anyone searching for a low-cost laptop with just a little more graphical relief, this is all good news.
We need full reviews and real-world performance comparisons before we can confirm anything. However, the first-way Geekbench results do seem genuinely encouraging for the APU and integrated graphics of AMD's latest entry-level product.
