"The whole AI PC trend didn't exactly set the world on fire last year, but, like clockwork, AMD is still ready to deliver a new batch of AI chips at CES 2026. The Ryzen AI 400 processors will offer some slight speed upgrades over last year's chips, and notably, they also include AMD's first Copilot+ processors for desktops. Sure, the Copilot+ program didn't really go anywhere, but as I've argued, it at least served as a template for building capable AI PCs."
"The Ryzen AI 400 chips, on the other hand, feature 60 TOPS XDNA 2 NPUs (up from the 50 to 55 TOPS in Ryzen AI 300 hardware). That places them well above the 40 TOPS NPU minimum for Copilot+ systems. For most consumers, NPU speeds don't really mean much yet, but if you're running AI models on your system you can expect slightly faster inferencing from AMD's previous chips."
AMD's Ryzen AI 400 desktop processors provide modest CPU and NPU improvements and introduce Copilot+ processors for desktops. The chips feature 60 TOPS XDNA 2 NPUs, up from 50–55 TOPS in the prior generation, exceeding the 40 TOPS Copilot+ threshold. The lineup ranges from the top-end Ryzen AI 9 HX 475 with up to 12 Zen 5 cores, 5.2GHz boost and 8,533 MT/s memory speeds down to the four-core Ryzen AI 5 430 with 8,000 MT/s RAM and a 50 TOPS NPU. AMD claims up to 30% better multitasking, 70% faster content creation, 10% faster gaming and 70% improved unplugged Cinebench nT performance. Windows AI features like Recall and Copilot voice commands remain of limited usefulness.
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