Computex 2024: AMD introduces new Ryzen AI 300, Ryzen 9000 ‘Zen 5’ processors
With a dedicated NPU, AMD’s third-generation Ryzen AI 300 series CPU offers up to 50 TOPs of AI performance.
AMD unveiled the next-generation Zen 5 CPU architecture and the XDNA 2 GPU NPU architecture, which will power the company’s third-generation Ryzen AI CPUs for ultrabooks and the brand-new AMD Ryzen 9000 series processors for gaming PCs, during the Computex 2024 event on Monday in Taipei, Taiwan.
With a dedicated NPU capable of 50 trillion operations per second (TOPs), AMD has unveiled its third-generation AI PC processors, enabling on-device AI experiences like recall (Copilot+), real-time translation, live captioning, and co-creation.
A 12-core central processing unit (CPU), a new graphics processing unit (GPU) based on RDNA 3.5 architecture with up to 16 compute units on the flagship AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, and an all-new XDNA 2 neural processing unit (NPU) with up to 50 TOPs of performance are all part of the Ryzen AI 300 series.
The next Copilot+ PCs, which demand a processor with a minimum AI performance of 40 TOPs, will be powered by the Ryzen AI 9 365, which will provide the same AI performance but with 10 CPU cores.
With up to 50 TOPs, the latest Ryzen AI processor is more competent than the Qualcomm X Elite, the future Intel Lunar Lake AI processors, and the Apple M4. Its 16-bit instruction base eliminates the need for quantization.
upcoming Ryzen 9000 processor
Beginning in July 2024, more than 100 platform partners will offer laptops running the Ryzen AI 300 series processors, including MSI’s Copilot+ and AI+ models.
Based on the AM5 platform, the new Ryzen 9000 series of desktop CPUs offers up to 16 percent more instruction per core (IPC) than AMD Zen 4 processors while supporting technologies like PCIe 5.0 and DDR5.
The flagship Ryzen 9 9950X CPU, with 16 cores and 32 threads and a clock speed of up to 5.7 GHz, is part of the portfolio. Its thermal design power (TPD) is limited to 170W. The Ryzen 9 9950X is claimed to have a higher graphics bandwidth and AI acceleration capability than the Intel Core i9-14900K, with up to 56% better performance on benchmarks like Blender and up to 23% more frame rate when gaming.
The Ryzen 9 9900X, Ryzen 9700X, and Ryzen 9600X are the three more SKUs that will be offered when the market opens in July 2024.
Additionally, AMD has unveiled the Ryzen 9 5900XT and Ryzen 7 5800XT, two new processors in the Ryzen 5000 series that come with an AMD Wraith Prism Cooler.