AMD Ryzen AI 5 340 "Krackan Point" Offers Outstanding Value In Sub-$500 Laptops
For those wondering about the AMD Ryzen AI 5 340 for code compilation, with its 6-cores / 12-threads it performs fairly well especially when considering it can be found in sub-$500 laptops. For building a Linux x86_64 default kernel build the Ryzen AI 5 340 was faster than the Intel Core Ultra 7 258V found within the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13. Only the Meteor Lake laptop was faster of the Intel models for this build test while the Ryzen AI 5 340 on the Intel side was similar to the Ryzen 7 7840U performance level.
Obviously the higher core count AMD Ryzen laptops offer much faster build speeds but for those on a budget the Ryzen AI 5 340 was an interesting contender in a laptop that can be bought retail for ~$450 USD.
For those wanting to maximize the performance out of this AMD Krackan Point laptop, the "performance" profile was helpful in slightly speeding up the build times.