AMD Prices Its Ryzen AI Halo PC At $3,999, Unveils Ryzen AI Max 400 Chips
They're direct shots at NVIDIA's AI systems
AMD's big pitch for 2026 seems to be: "Who needs cloud AI processing when you can do it all locally?" At CES this year, the company unveiled its Ryzen AI Halo PC, a Mac Mini-sized system that can crank out AI work. Today, AMD announced that it will start at $3,999 with Ryzen AI Max 300 CPUs, and we can also look forward to a future model with new Ryzen AI Max 400 chips, as well. Preorders start in June.
While pricey, AMD positions the Halo as a cost-effective alternative to paying high monthly AI computing fees. If you're spending $773 a month to use 6 million daily AI tokens — which isn't an unusual scenario for many developers — the Halo could pay itself off within six months. And for more demanding work, AMD says its $4,000 Radeon R9700 Pro GPU...
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