AMD has confirmed it will launch its first PC in 2026, named Ryzen AI Halo, a system built around its Ryzen AI Max+ 395 processor with up to 16 Zen 5 CPU cores and 32 threads.

Last year, AMD debuted its Ryzen AI Max chips as a way to create a single piece of silicon with powerful CPU cores, GPU cores, NPUs and integrated memory, similar to Apple's home-brewed chips. At the time, AMD VP Joe Macri also noted that the existence of Apple Silicon helped make the Ryzen AI Max chips possible.

AMD shows off its new Ryzen AI Halo Mini-PC system at CES 2026: its answer to the NVIDIA DGX Spark, powered with its Strix Halo APU.

Today Leo is back with another episode of Leo Says. Here, our grumpy hero is focusing on the announcement of Ryzen 5000, and ponders whether Intel can compete at all. But has the pricing for the new amd CPUs given Team Blue a lifeline?

The top-end Ryzen AI 9 HX 475 offers up to 12 Zen 5 CPU cores, 5.2GHz max boost speeds and up to 8,533 MT/s memory speeds. The line scales down to the four-core Ryzen AI 5 430, but even that model supports speedy 8,000 MTS RAM and offers a 50 TOPS NPU.

AMD reveals the Ryzen 7 9850X3D processor, which offers some higher speeds than the 9800X3D CPU and supports current motherboards.

AMD's new family of Ryzen AI 400 series processors will launch inside of new laptops in Q1 2026 from Acer, ASUS, Dell, HP, Lenovo, MSI, and more.