AMD Radeon 890M integrated GPU has been tested in Geekbench’s Vulkan benchmark, showing an impressive performance uplift compared to its competition. We may have a new king for handheld gaming devices.
AMD’s Radeon 890M iGPU, which sits inside Ryzen AI 300 processors, has been put to the test, delivering 46,298 points in Geekbench 6’s Vulkan benchmark. This result shows that AMD’s upcoming RDNA 3.5 architecture brings noticeable improvement, reaching dedicated GPU levels of performance.
To get an idea, this performance is similar to what Nvidia’s RTX 3050 mobile chip managed to pull out. Most importantly, this score pushes AMD far from Intel’s upcoming Arc 140V iGPU, which is found inside the Core Ultra 7 and 9 processors. That said, it’s important to note that AMD’s chip may have been configured at a higher TDP than Intel’s. For comparison, Core Ultra 7 258V is expected to use between 17 and 30W TDP (Thermal Design Power) compared to Ryzen AI 9 HX 370’s 15 to 54W.
While we would love to see it used on gaming handhelds like the Steam Deck or ROG Ally, this chip’s higher TDP may hinder playtime as it would hammer the battery with its 54W maximum rating. Thankfully, you can set Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 to a lower TDP if needed. Just expect some loss in performance due to the reduced power.
As a refresher, the Radeon 890M iGPU carries 16 RDNA 3.5 CUs clocked up to 2.9GHz, sharing memory with the CPU. The remaining specs of the Ryzen chip include four Zen 5 cores plus eight Zen 5c cores clocked up to 5.1GHz, alongside a 50 TOPS NPU. The processor was seemingly part of an Asus ProArt P16 laptop.
Lastly, while these results give us an idea of the performance we can expect, they are not a substitute for real-world tests. Gaming performance may differ, putting both brands’ solutions closer or further apart depending on drivers and optimisations.
