Advanced Micro Devices opens a new set of processors and graphics processing units (GPUs) in it CES 2025 press event. The big chip design company showed processors for desktops, laptops and gaming handhelds as well as new graphics chips.

Jack Huynh, senior vice president of AMD’s computing and graphics group, said that AMD’s technology has changed industries from fish farming to nuclear power, with AI processing large amounts of data.

“Whether you know it or not, you probably interact with AMD technology every day,” Huynh said. “And we’re just getting started” with games, AI PC and business.

He said at a press event at the big tech trade show in Las Vegas that the company is launching the AMD Ryzen 9000 Series, including “the world’s best processor for gamers and creators,” the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D. AMD says it “touches the lives of billions” every day thanks to its AI and gaming chips.

The chip has 16 Zen 5 CPU cores, or the fifth generation of cores that helped AMD leapfrog Intel in x86 chip performance. It has a max boost frequency of 5.7 GHz, and 144 MB total cache with second generation AMD V-Cache technology.

Microsoft Xbox executive Matt Booty said in a guest message at the event that AMD is driving innovation at every level of gaming, from the latest PC hardware to Xbox game consoles.

The chip can run games 8% faster on average in 40 games tested, including Cyberpunk 2077 and Black Myth Wukong compared to the predecessor AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D.

And the company says it’s 20% faster based on 40 games tested compared to the Intel Core i9 285K processor. The chip is also 13% faster on average in performance in the 20 test applications compared to the AMD Ryzen 9 790X3D. And it’s 10% faster than the Intel chip.

AMD says it has two versions available, one with 16 cores and 32 threads and one with 12 cores and 24 threads. They will be available in the first quarter of 2025.

AMD mobile processor

AMD also introduced the Fire Range HX3D, which the company calls its best gaming and performance mobile processor. That chip will arrive in the first half of 2025.

The HXD family ranges from 12 cores and 24 threads to 16 cores and 32 threads, with a maximum speed range from 5.2 GHz to 5.4 GHz. The cache memory ranges from 76MB to 144MB, and the TDP (a measure of power) is 54 watts.

AMD graphics with RDNA 4

Meanwhile, AMD also showcased the RDNA 4 architecture for graphics and AI chips. It is based on optimized compute units, supercharged AI compute, improved raytracing per CU and better media encoding quality.

AMD says that the RDNA 4 architecture b will be used in the second generation AI accelerators and will be built using the 4nm process. It also works with third-generation raytracing accelerators and the second-generation AMD Radiance Display Engine.

AMD also said that AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution 4 tech with ML-powered upscaling enables high-quality 4K upscaling, high performance in FSR + FG and low latency in AMD Anti-Lag 2.

For gaming graphics, AMD introduced the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT and the AMD Radeon RX 9070. The chips will be available in Q1 2025 from Acer, Asus, Sapphire, XFX, ASRock, Gigabyte, PowerColor and Yeston.

Gaming handheld processor

AMD also announced AMD Ryzen Z2 Series processors targeted at handheld PC gaming devices. It will feature “console-style” gameplay on a handheld and let you stay unplugged for hours to play wherever you roam.

These Z2 processors will be part of the Lenovo Legion Go, Asus ROG Ally and the Valve Steam Deck. SKUs include the AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme with eight cores and 16 threads, the AMD Ryzen Z2 with eight cores and 16 threads, and the AMD Ryzen Z2 Go with four cores and eight threads. They will be available in the first quarter of 2024.

AI processors

AMD also introduced the AMD Ryzen AI Pro 300 Series processors. It has a premium series AMD Ryzen 9 processor, along with other processors including AMD Ryzen AI 7 and AMD Ryzen AI 5.

AMD says that the AMD Ryzen AI 7 350 has the fastest multitasking performance in its class ahead of the Qualcomm X Plus X1P-42-100 and the Intel Core Ultra 7 285V. AMD Ryzen AI 7 is said to have the world’s best performance among next-generation AI PCs running Procyon AI’s Windows NPU.

It also has several days of battery life for mobile applications. The family will be available in the first half of 2025.

AMD also unveiled the Halo series, along with AMD Ryzen AI Max+ and AMD Ryzen AI Max processors. It has up to 16 Zen 5 performance cores, 40 RDNA 3.5 compute units, 50 TOPs with XDNA 2 NPU, and 256GB/s bandwidth on the new memory interface.

The company says that the performance of the Ryzen AI Max Series is up to 402% faster than the Intel Core Ultra 9 288V. And graphics performance can be up to 251% better. It is also said that its 3D rendering performance is better than Apple Mac M4 Pro.

It is the world’s first Copilot + PC processor running 70B LLM with 2.2 times better performance than the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 24GB and 87% lower TDP. AI Max + and AI Max Pro will be available in the first part. Among the machines it will use are the HP ZBook Ultra G1a, the HP Z2 Mini G1a and the Asus ROG Flow Z13.

Su said there will be more than 150 Ryzen AI designs to launch in AI PCs by 2025, including machines from Acer, Asus, HP, Lenovo, Fujitsu, Gigabyte, Mechrev, MSI, NEC and Razer.

AMD also unveiled the AMD Ryzen 200 Series for consumer and commercial options. The chips will debut in Q2 2025.

AMD says more than 100 enterprise platforms will use Ryzen Pro technology by 2025.