Three years of silicon design. One breakthrough process node. HelixFabric 3nm delivers performance/watt the industry hasn't seen.
3nm
HelixFabric Process Node
Second-generation 3nm with backside power delivery. Transistor density increased 34% over previous generation. More compute, less heat, same power envelope.
192MB
HLC Smart Cache
Hierarchical Last-level Cache with predictive prefetch engine. Up to 3× better cache hit rate on memory-intensive workloads versus traditional L3 designs.
5.8GHz
AdaptBoost Frequency
Per-core thermal sensors feed real-time data to the frequency controller. Cores that aren't thermal-limited automatically boost beyond rated specs.
×4.2
AI Inference Throughput
Dedicated HelixNPU with INT4/INT8/FP16 support built directly into the die. Run LLM inference locally without a discrete GPU.
64GB/s
DDR5-6400 Dual-Channel
Native support for DDR5-6400 XMP 3.0. Integrated memory controller redesigned from scratch for lower latency and higher sustained bandwidth.
PCIe 5.0
64-Lane PCIe 5.0
Full 64 lanes of PCIe 5.0 directly from the CPU. No chipset bottleneck for NVMe or GPU bandwidth. Your storage and GPU run at full native speed.
BENCHMARKS
The data speaks.
Independent testing across workloads. Real applications, not synthetic toy benchmarks.
Cinebench R24 — Multi-Core
HIGHER IS BETTER
HELIX APEX X23,940
Competitor A — 24-core3,120
Competitor B — 16-core2,880
Competitor C — 24-core2,610
Blender Cycles — BMW Render (seconds)
LOWER IS BETTER
HELIX APEX X238s
Competitor A52s
Competitor B61s
Competitor C79s
7-Zip Compression (MIPS)
HIGHER IS BETTER
HELIX APEX X2142,800
Competitor A109,400
Competitor B98,200
APEX X2 AT A GLANCE
+26%
Multi-core performance over nearest competitor in Cinebench R24
38s
Blender BMW render — 27% faster than the previous fastest desktop CPU
125W
TDP — more performance per watt than any 24-core processor tested
$589
Launch MSRP — less than competing flagship chips with lower performance
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
HELIX APEX X2 — Full Specs
Everything you need to know before you build.
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Core Configuration
ArchitectureHelixHybrid
P-Cores8 cores
E-Cores16 cores
Total Threads32
Process Node3nm HF3
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Clock Speeds
Base Clock3.4 GHz
P-Core Boost5.8 GHz
E-Core Boost4.2 GHz
All-Core Boost4.8 GHz
TDP125W (65–253W)
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Cache & Memory
L1 Cache2MB total
L2 Cache32MB total
L3 (HLC)192MB
Memory TypeDDR5-6400
Max Memory192GB
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Platform & I/O
SocketHX-AM5
PCIe5.0 ×64
USBUSB4 Gen3×2
ThunderboltTB5 ×2
iGPUHELIX Xe-LP
Build with HELIX.
The APEX X2 is in stock and shipping now. Find it at authorized retailers worldwide or order direct.