AMD Radeon 8065S gets first gaming tests, Gorgon Halo reaches 104 FPS in Cyberpunk 2077
AMD’s new Gorgon Halo processor has arrived with support for 192GB of unified memory, including up to 160GB allocated to its integrated GPU. That’s a massive amount of graphics memory, obviously intended for AI workloads. But since we’d rather see all that hardware put to use in games, we’re going to ignore the AI side entirely. Sorry, AMD and mini PC makers, this one’s for gamers.
The Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 495 is a refresh of Strix Halo with 16 Zen 5 cores and 40 RDNA 3.5 Compute Units. The CPU boosts up to 5.2 GHz, while the Radeon 8065S reaches 3.0 GHz, compared with 2.9 GHz on the older Radeon 8060S. Memory support also increases to LPDDR5X-8533, providing 273 GB/s of bandwidth. Both reviewers tested systems equipped with 192GB of memory, although their power configurations differed.
Radeon 8065S gaming performance at 1080p and 1440p
The Chinese reviewer tested the FEVM FAEX2 a 1-liter mini PC capable of maintaining 160W for up to 18 minutes in testing. In Forza Horizon 5 at 1080p Ultra with FSR disabled, the Radeon 8065S delivered 133 FPS, compared with 125 FPS on the Radeon 8060S and 142 FPS on a GeForce RTX 5060 system. Cyberpunk 2077 at 1080p High reached 104 FPS on the 8065S, compared with 90 FPS on the 8060S and 109 FPS on the RTX 5060. Shadow of the Tomb Raider showed a larger difference, with 151 FPS against 107 FPS, while Black Myth: Wukong increased from 72 to 79 FPS at 1080p using the highest preset.
ETA PRIME tested the GMKtec EVO-X5 Pro with a sustained 120W power limit. At 1440p Ultra, Cyberpunk 2077 averaged around 69 FPS using FSR 4.1 upscaling, while Red Dead Redemption 2 reached approximately 87 FPS with a mixture of Ultra and High settings and no FSR. Forza Horizon 6 was also demonstrated at 1440p Ultra without upscaling. Crimson Desert required FSR Multi Frame Generation to reach average performance in the mid-90 FPS range at 1440p Ultra.
Gorgon Halo graphics gain depends on the system
Synthetic benchmarks also show improvements, although the results vary between systems. The FEVM FAEX2 scored 12,139 points in 3DMark Time Spy, approximately 3.4% ahead of the previous FEVM FAEX1 with Ryzen AI Max+ 395. ETA PRIME recorded 11,743 points on the EVO-X5 Pro against 10,499 points on the EVO-X2, an 11.8% increase at a matched 120W power setting. Its graphics score improved by 11.3%, while Geekbench 7 CPU performance increased by 9.3% in single-core and 12.1% in multi-core testing.
So yes, it seems the Radeon 8065S does deliver better gaming performance. This could be down to improved cooling in newer mini PCs, faster LPDDR5X memory or simply more mature drivers. Keep in mind that many reviewers don’t retest older hardware with the latest drivers, so these comparisons aren’t always perfectly fair.
But is it worth $7,000? You certainly don’t need 160GB of VRAM for gaming. We’d much rather see all that memory spread across several APUs powering more affordable gaming systems.
Source: ETA Prime, Bilibili