AMD Ryzen AI 5 340 "Krackan Point" Offers Outstanding Value In Sub-$500 Laptops
👁 HP OmniBook 5 + AMD Krackan Point + Linux
As noted for those wanting to go through all nearly 200 benchmarks carried out on the HP OmniBook 5 and other laptops tested on Ubuntu 25.04, this result page has all the raw performance and power data in full. If taking the geometric mean of all the raw performance benchmark results:
The AMD Ryzen AI 5 340 within the HP OmniBook 5 came out slightly faster than the Ryzen 7 7840U SoC that was popular for Zen 4 laptops. With the Ryzen AI 5 340 is a 6-core Zen 5/5C design compared to 8 core Zen 4. The Ryzen AI 5 340 would provide a meaningful upgrade for those on a Ryzen 5000/6000 series or older laptop.
On a geo mean basis it was also interesting that the Ryzen AI 5 340 within this laptop I purchased for $450 came oput ahead of all the Intel laptops tested, including the Core Ultra Meteor Lake and Lunar Lake laptops... This sub-$500 laptop with AVX-512 and six physical cores / twelve threads delivered a nice showing for those in need of a very low-cost laptop but still needing some serious CPU performance potential.
Switching over to the performance profile on the HP OmniBook 5 boosted the geo mean result by 7% for those wanting to maximize the performance out of their laptop.
On average the Ryzen AI 5 340 during this wide span of benchmarks consumed 17 Watts on average and a recorded peak of 30 Watts. In the performance profile mode, the Ryzen AI 5 340 had a 21 Watt average and a 30.9 Watt peak.
For those wondering about the CPU thermals of the HP OmniBook 5 during benchmarking or the impact of the performance profile on the temperature.
While the Zen 5/5C performance with the Ryzen AI 5 340 performance exceeded my expectations, on the iGPU side the Radeon 840M graphics were less interesting. When looking at the Radeon 840M / Ryzen AI 5 340 performance out of those OpenGL and Vulkan benchmarks, the Ryzen AI 5 340 was just shy of the Ryzen 7 7840U and also behind the Intel Meteor Lake and Lunar Lake integrated graphics. In the performance mode the HP OmniBook 5 did exceed the performance out of the Intel laptops but still wasn't as performant as the integrated graphics with Strix Point or the incredible performance out of Strix Halo.
👁 HP OmniBook 5 for $449 with AMD Ryzen AI 5 340
The HP OmniBook 5 with the AMD Ryzen AI 5 340 "Krackan Point" was a nice performer for those wanting a laptop in the $500 USD or less space. Being able to purchase this laptop brand new at $450 while enjoying 6 cores / 12 threads complete with AVX-512 support and 16GB of LPDDR5-7500 memory and a 1200p display makes for a nice value option for a laptop in 2025. The HP OmniBook 5 with AMD Krackan Point was also working nicely out-of-the-box with Ubuntu 25.04. Especially for university students that may benefit from AVX-512 for scientific computing workloads or dabbling with AI / CPU-based inferencing, AMD Krackan Point can deliver really remarkable value there.
Stay tuned for more AMD Krackan Point Linux benchmarks as various other follow-up tests are now in the works.
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