AMD Ryzen 9000, Ryzen AI 300 Series Processors With AI Capabilities Unveiled

AMD on Sunday announced the next generation of its processors to power the growing wave of artificial intelligence (AI) at its Computex 2024 event. The company unveiled four new Ryzen 9000 series chipsets for gamers and workflows heavier and two new Ryzen AI 300 chipsets to power the AI ​​computers. These CPUs are based on AMD's latest Zen 5 architecture and include integrated GPUs and neural processing units (NPUs). The chipmaker claimed that Ryzen 9000 series desktop processors could deliver 16 percent better performance than predecessors.

AMD Ryzen AI 300 Series processors have been introduced

The Ryzen AI 300 series includes the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 and Ryzen AI 9 365 CPUs. Following the naming convention introduced in 2022, the HX appears in the top-tier desktop processor name. The Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 chipset consists of 12 high-performance Zen 5 cores and 24 threads with a maximum clock speed of 5.1 GHz. It features Radeon 890M graphics and 36MB cache.

Meanwhile, the Ryzen AI 9 365 chipset has high-performance 10-core, 12-thread Zen 5 cores with a maximum clock speed of 5.0GHz. It gets Radeon 880M graphics and has a 34MB cache. Apart from using the Zen 5 architecture for the CPU, AMD also used the XDNA2 architecture to create the NPU that powers the AI ​​experiences for desktop users. Both processors have NPUs capable of 50 Tera operations per second (TOPS).

These chipsets will be available in July and can be seen in some of the Copilot+ PCs unveiled at Microsoft's Surface event. The first of them will be the Asus Vivobook S 15 and the HP OmniBook.

Introducing AMD Ryzen 9000 Series chips for gamers and creators

During the keynote session, AMD also unveiled the Ryzen 9000 series chipsets which include the Ryzen 9 9950X, Ryzen 9 9900X, Ryzen 7 9700X and Ryzen 5 9600X CPUs. The Ryzen 9 9950X is the most powerful processor in the series and has 16 high-performance Zen 5 cores and a 32-thread CPU with 80MB of L2 + L3 cache. It has a base clock speed of 4.3 GHz and a maximum clock speed of 5.7 GHz.

Designed for gamers, AMD says the Ryzen 9000 series desktop processors can deliver high frame rates, smooth gameplay and improved performance in a wide range of AAA titles and sports. The company also claimed that the processors will offer faster 3D rendering, animation design and product visualization. These will also be launched in July. However, AMD has not revealed the pricing of either chipset.