AMD expands Ryzen AI lineup at CES 2026
The CES 2026 floor in Las Vegas featured AMD’s newest PC chips, adding more options for consumer laptops, business laptops, and small desktops with built-in AI features.
AMD introduced the Ryzen AI 400 Series and Ryzen AI PRO 400 Series for Copilot+ PCs, with models offering up to 60 trillions of operations per second (TOPS) of AI performance from the on-chip neural processing unit. The company also positioned the PRO lineup for business devices, with added enterprise-focused features. In its own battery-life testing disclosures, AMD cited reference configurations that included ASUS Zenbook S16 and Zenbook S14 systems.
New Ryzen AI Max+ chips (Ryzen AI Max+ 392 and 388) expanded AMD’s premium thin-and-light category, aiming to pair higher AI performance with stronger integrated graphics for demanding creative and gaming workloads.
A new AMD-branded mini-PC, Ryzen AI Halo, was announced as an out-of-the-box developer platform built around Ryzen AI Max+ hardware, with support for Windows and Linux and up to 128GB of unified memory.
On desktop, AMD announced the Ryzen 7 9850X3D as its next gaming-focused processor, built on Zen 5 with 3D V-Cache.
On the software side, AMD confirmed ROCm 7.2 for Windows and Linux, including integration through ComfyUI, and an “AI Bundle” option inside AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition to simplify local AI setup.
Availability
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Ryzen AI 400 Series and Ryzen AI PRO 400 Series laptops: Q1 2026 (Acer, Asus, Dell, HP, Gigabyte, and Lenovo listed)
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Ryzen AI 400 Series desktops: Q2 2026
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Ryzen AI Halo: planned for Q2 202
