AMD Reveals $3,500 GPU, Next-Gen Zen 5 Ryzen Processors (2024)

AMD has revealed a $3,500 GPU and multiple next-gen processors based on the Zen 5 architecture. The new AMD products were announced alongside several other novelties as part of the 2024 edition of Computex.

The latest annual iteration of the Taipei-based computer technology expo is scheduled to run from June 4 to June 7. But as is tradition, most of its exhibitors are holding press conferences and broadcasting product showcases in the run-up to the event. This ongoing influx of streams has already yielded the official announcements of the Asus ROG Ally X handheld PC and Nvidia's Project G-Assist technology, among other offerings.

AMD Arrives at Computex 2024 With a Slew of Announcements

AMD's Computex 2024 conference took place on Monday, June 3, and saw the company unveil a variety of products. The highlights from its showcase include the Ryzen AI 300 Series processors, new Ryzen 9000 and 5000 Series desktop CPUs, the Radeon PRO W7900 Dual Slot workstation GPU, and yet another revision of the Radeon Open Compute (ROCm) software platform for AMD GPUs, identified by version number 6.1.

AMD Ryzen AI 300 Series Processors

The new Ryzen AI 300 lineup is a series of laptop processors. It comprises two models, the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 and Ryzen AI 9 365. Much like their monikers suggest, these offerings have been designed with artificial intelligence applications in mind. To that end, they come equipped with a dedicated neural processing unit (NPU) capable of performing 50 trillion operations per second. The Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 is a slightly higher-end product, as underlined by its 20% higher counts of cores and threads, as well as a 6% larger total cache size. Since these processors are meant to power portable devices, they also feature integrated graphics chips.

AMD Ryzen 9000 and 5000 Series Desktop Processors

The Computex 2024 conference also saw AMD reveal its latest Ryzen 9000 and 5000 Series desktop processors. The Ryzen 9 9950X is the top model from the newly showcased series, with AMD touting it as the fastest consumer-grade desktop CPU in existence. All three of the new Ryzen 9000 Series processors are advertised as offering major improvements in both speed and efficiency compared to their predecessors. Exactly how "major" these advances actually are won't be clear until the processors hit the market in July 2024, which is when consumers can expect the first third-party benchmarks to come out. No pricing info has yet been attached to any of the newly announced processors.

AMD Radeon PRO W7900 Dual Slot Workstation GPU Specs

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AMD has also announced a new dual-slot workstation GPU in the form of yet another Radeon PRO W7900 iteration. This behemoth boasts an impressive 48GB GDDR6 ECC of combined video memory. It's scheduled for release on June 19, priced at an eye-watering $3,499. The latest addition to AMD's RDNA 3 line of professional-grade GPUs is being positioned as an AI-focused solution. Aside from these hardware reveals, the company has also used Computex 2024 as an opportunity to announce ROCm 6.1. The new version of its AI platform promises to improve the efficiency and scalability of AMD GPUs' AI processing capabilities. The technology will be rolled out to compatible GPUs via a software update that's scheduled for release alongside the Radeon PRO W7900 Dual Slot.