Acer Swift Laptop to Feature AMD Krackan Ryzen AI 7 350 Processor
Acer's upcoming Swift laptop is rumored to feature AMD's new 8-core Ryzen AI 7 350 'Krackan' processor, outperforming the Ryzen 7 8845HS.
An Acer Swift laptop is set to feature AMD's upcoming 8-core Ryzen AI 7 350 processor, codenamed "Krackan Point," according to a Geekbench listing. This new APU is reportedly faster than the current Ryzen 7 8845HS. AMD Krackan Point: Key Features The Krackan Point is an 8-core APU with a 4+4 core configuration (4 Zen 5 and 4 Zen 5c cores). An engineering sample reached a clock speed of 5.05 GHz (5045 MHz) in Geekbench testing and boasts 16MB of L3 cache. It is expected to feature Radeon 860M graphics with 8 Compute Units and an improved NPU design known as XDNA2, capable of 50 TOPS. Benchmark Performance The Acer SFG16-61 Swift, equipped with the Krackan Point processor, scored 2677 points in the Geekbench 6.3 single-threaded test and 11742 points in the multi-core test. This surpasses the Ryzen 7 8845HS, a 45W 8-core APU, according to official Geekbench rankings. Ryzen AI 300 Series Lineup The Krackan Point is part of AMD's Ryzen AI 300 series, which also includes the…