AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX170 and more Zen 5 CPU model names break the cover

The Zen 5 hype is building as we get closer to Computex, when AMD is expected to announce new processors based on its next-generation CPU architecture. We already know quite a bit about the chips AMD will be developing based on the Zen 5 through reliable leaks, but our only leak about the actual naming of the final products was one from Gigabyte that seems to reveal that “Granite Ridge” will be on the Zen 5 Desktop CPUs are the “Ryzen 9000” family.

New leaks from Lenovo and ASUS have shed light on the names of AMD's Zen 5 mobile processors, but they're a bit confusing. From Lenovo we have a new brochure for the T14 Gen 5 laptop case that touts the integration of Ryzen AI technology. In the text, Lenovo mentions that the machines can be operated with “AMD Ryzen PRO 8040/8050 series processors with integrated Ryzen AI”. Ryzen PRO 8040 is Hawk Point, so Ryzen PRO 8050 must be Strix Point because a “5” in the third position means “Zen 5”.

This is confirmed by a leak on a Chinese website ITHome, which reports that a number of new ASUS laptops with Strix Point processors are on the way. Many of these machines will apparently also be available with Hawk Point SoCs, meaning both will likely be pin compatible. According to the post, laptops whose model numbers contain a “W” in the second-to-last position will have Ryzen 8050 processors, meaning Strix Point.

However, it is a completely different leak than ASUS, which was discovered by regular leaker 포Ի포지 (@harukaze5719 on Xwitter). confirmed from another well-known community member, HXL (@9550pro on Xwitter), seems to indicate that AMD may be pursuing a completely different naming scheme for at least some of its upcoming Zen 5 CPUs. Using the comparison tool on the ASUS website, the leaker managed to uncover details about several upcoming Vivobook S laptops that will apparently be available with “AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 HX 170” processors.

The community's reaction was overwhelmingly negative. The new naming convention is questionable, although not entirely unexpected from the company that gave us “EPYC” server processors and, back in the day (just in time for the introduction of Windows XP), “Athlon XP.” The new naming actually is a mouthful. “Ryzen AI 9 HX 170” doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue and is arguably even worse than “Core Ultra 9 185H”. AMD simply couldn't resist the chance to outdo Intel, even with “questionable product names.”