AMD Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme provides good benchmark performance at 13.06% of a leader's which is a 96-core Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9995WX.
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Summary
AMD started Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme sales 8 June 2025. This is a Strix Point architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 8 cores and 16 threads, and is based on 4 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 5000 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket FP8 processor with a TDP of 28 Watt. It supports DDR5, LPDDR5X memory.
Primary details
Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | 764 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Laptop | |
| Power efficiency | 19.27 | of 100.00 (Apple M4 (8 cores)) |
| Designer | AMD | |
| Manufacturer | TSMC | |
| Architecture codename | Strix Point (2024−2025) | |
| Release date | 8 June 2025 (1 year ago) |
Detailed specifications
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 8 (Octa-Core) | |
| Threads | 16 | |
| Base clock speed | 2 GHz | of 4.7 GHz (FX-9590) |
| Boost clock speed | 5 GHz | of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS) |
| L1 cache | 80 KB (per core) | of 96 KB (Xeon 6990E+) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB (per core) | of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P) |
| L3 cache | 16 MB (shared) | of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X) |
| Chip lithography | 4 nm | of 1.8 nm (Core Ultra 5 332) |
| Die size | 233 mm2 | |
| 64 bit support | + |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme compatibility with other computer components and devices: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.
| Number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 | of 8 (Opteron 842) |
| Socket | FP8 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 28 Watt | of 600 Watt (EPYC 9996) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| AES-NI | + | |
| AVX | + | |
| Precision Boost 2 | + |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| AMD-V | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR5, LPDDR5X |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of a GPU integrated into Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon 890M |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
| PCIe version | 4.0 | of 6.0 (EPYC 9016) |
| PCI Express lanes | 16 | of 144 (Threadripper PRO 7955WX) |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Intel equivalent
According to our data, the closest Intel alternative to Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme is Core i7-12650HX, which is nearly equal in speed and lower by 3 positions in our ranking.
Here are some closest Intel rivals to Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme:
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