AMD has launched what one executive called “the most advanced mobile X86 processor ever created” at CES 2025: The Ryzen AI Max and AI Max+, with absolutely massive capabilities to run graphics and AI workloads.

AMD is having a busy CES, announcing new CPUs and GPUs. The new Ryzen AI Max might be the most intriguing of all, especially since AMD claims it can outperform the RTX 4090 GPU in certain AI tasks. Here's what you need to know.

What this enables is some truly monstrous improvements over Intel’s Core Ultra 9 288V. For example, for creative workloads, the Ryzen AI Max+ 395 has an average 2.6x faster rendering time in the likes of Blender and Cinebench. As for games, you’re seeing an average 1.4x faster GPU performance in 3DMark tests.

At CES 2025 on Monday, AMD revealed its new Ryzen AI Max chips for next-gen AI PCs, promising to beat top chips from Intel, Apple and Nvidia in key areas.

AMD is targeting both low-end and high-end AI PCs at CES 2025. The company unveiled a new family of Ryzen AI Max chips meant for "halo" Copilot+ AI PCs, which will sit above existing Ryzen AI 9 systems.

AMD has already claimed the top slot for gaming CPUs, but the Ryzen 9 9950X3D looks to extend that lead further.

The former is now known as the Ryzen AI Max and Ryzen AI Max Plus, boasting the most powerful graphics AMD’s ever put in a chip, with up to 40 RDNA 3.5 compute units, 16 Zen 5 C

AMD has revealed the Ryzen 9 9950X3D and Ryzen 9 9900X3D at CES 2025, two top-end gaming processors featuring Team Red's 3D V-Cache technology. These processors follow the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D that launched back in November 2024,