Zen 6 Medusa Point Leak: 6, 8 and 10 Cores in Geekbench 7

By GameDrop Staff · Nov 06, 2026 · Leaks · 3 min read

Image: VideoCardz / AMD

Three engineering samples of AMD's next laptop chip, codenamed Medusa Point, have now appeared in Geekbench 7. All are unconfirmed leaks, and AMD has not announced final specs. VideoCardz reports that the new entries show 6-core and 8-core versions, joining the 10-core sample that surfaced a day earlier. Every run came from a Lenovo system, which suggests the laptop maker is testing several configurations.

Medusa Point is expected to land in the Zen 6 based Ryzen AI 500 mobile family, with a formal reveal pointed at CES 2027, according to TweakTown and VideoCardz.

Quick summary

Three Medusa Point samples with 10, 8 and 6 cores were spotted in Geekbench 7 (unconfirmed).
The 10-core chip scored 3,100 single-core and 18,313 multi-core.
That single-core number is 1.6% above the Ryzen 9 9950X3D's 3,051 average in the same benchmark, per VideoCardz.
Expected debut: around CES 2027 as part of Ryzen AI 500.
Clock readings in these listings are unreliable, so treat the numbers as rough.

What do the leaked Medusa Point specs look like?

The table below uses the figures VideoCardz pulled from the public Geekbench listings.

Sample	Cores / threads	Layout	L2 / L3 cache	Single-core	Multi-core
Medusa Point 1	10 / 20	4+6	10 MB / 16 MB	3,100	18,313
Medusa Point 2/3 (8C)	8 / 16	2+6	8 MB / 8 MB	2,889	15,099
Medusa Point 2/3 (6C)	6 / 12	1+5	6 MB / 4 MB	1,732	8,340

TweakTown describes the 10-core part as four Zen 6 cores plus six compact Zen 6c cores, paired with a 10 compute unit integrated GPU that is rumored to use a new RDNA 4m design.

Why are some of the scores so different?

This is the part worth reading carefully. The first 8-core run scored only 1,415 single-core and 9,670 multi-core, with a reported top clock of 2.17 GHz. VideoCardz then found a second run on the same Lenovo machine that hit 2,889 and 15,099, listing a 5.28 GHz maximum. Same chip, very different result.

The 6-core sample reports just 2.04 GHz and the 10-core reports only 2.0 GHz, despite the 10-core posting the best score. In other words, the frequency fields in early engineering-sample listings do not tell you the real clocks. Pre-release drivers, firmware and power settings can also swing results a lot.

How does Medusa Point compare with current desktop chips?

Using VideoCardz's Geekbench 7 averages, the 10-core sample's 3,100 single-core score edges past the Ryzen 9 9950X3D (3,051), Ryzen 9 9950X (3,069) and Ryzen 9 9900X (3,023). It still trails the Ryzen 7 9850X3D (3,131) and Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 (3,164). Remember this is a laptop part, so a result like this, if it holds, would be a big step for thin-and-light machines. Multi-core is a different story: desktop chips with far more cores will stay well ahead.

What does this mean for gaming laptops?

For gaming, the interesting piece is the integrated graphics. If the RDNA 4m rumor is right, TweakTown notes it could bring native FSR 4 support, but no graphics benchmarks have leaked, so gaming performance is still unknown. Do not expect a dedicated-GPU replacement; the point would be better handheld and ultrabook gaming. For a wider view of what is coming from both chip makers, see our Nova Lake vs Zen 6 breakdown, and track dates on the launch calendar.

When will Ryzen AI 500 launch in India?

No India launch date or pricing exists. Reports point to a CES 2027 announcement in January, and laptops usually follow some weeks or months later. Given the ongoing memory shortage, pricing is a real question mark. We will update this once AMD confirms anything.