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AMD Zen 5 APUs may finally land on AM5 desktops

by on21 October 2025


Krackan released on desktop before year’s end

AMD might finally be ready to bring its long-awaited Zen 5-based APUs to the mainstream AM5 platform, if a new AGESA BIOS leak is to be believed.

A spreadsheet from hardware sleuth Reous Innox shows a fresh entry for “ComboAM5PI 1.2.7.0,” which reportedly includes microcode 00B60Fxx which is the signature of AMD’s Krackan Point family.

That means both Krackan Point 1 and 2, currently powering Ryzen AI 300 mobile chips, could soon be heading for the desktop.

The Krackan Point APUs launched in early 2025, combining Zen 5 and Zen 5c cores with RDNA 3.5 integrated graphics, giving AMD’s laptop range a serious boost. Until now, the fastest desktop APUs have been the Zen 4-based Phoenix Ryzen 8000G chips, which lag behind even AMD’s latest mobile efforts.

The leak implies that AMD’s next step for AM5 could be the Ryzen 9000G (or possibly 10000G) line, rumoured to pack up to eight cores and sixteen threads, along with beefier graphics and higher power limits than the laptop versions.

While not yet confirmed by AMD, insiders have been whispering about a Q4 2025 launch window, which fits the firm’s usual end-of-year refresh cycle. That would give the Grey Box Shifter’s customers and the DIY crowd something to play with before Zen 6 arrives next year.

If this all proves accurate, AMD’s move could finally give integrated-graphics users on AM5 something worth bragging about and a cheaper way into Team Red’s Zen 5 ecosystem without buying a separate GPU.

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