From PC Mag: AMD's new "Strix Point" Ryzen AI 300 Series processors are coming to laptops this month, and the chip maker just dropped more details about performance, architecture changes, and AI capabilities. Promising faster speeds, longer battery life, and improved gaming are par for the course, but what interests us the most is the improved AI Engine and the innovative features it's bringing on the latest Windows Copilot+ PCs.
AMD is leveling up its laptop processors with AI support built in. However, the new chips contain more than just an upgraded neural processing unit (NPU).
Like current Ryzen chips, the new AI 300 series will appear in all categories of laptops, from slim ultraportables to powerful gaming rigs and mobile workstations. Touting the chips' full x86 instruction set support for Windows, AMD knocked the recent Qualcomm-powered Surface Laptop and Surface Pro PCs, highlighting that all apps and games work without needing an emulator.
AMD brags that the chip's performance has been boosted ahead of competitors, like the Intel Core Ultra 9 185H and the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite. According to AMD's numbers, the new AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 will deliver faster app startup times, improved web browsing speeds, enhanced office productivity, and measurably better performance in benchmark tests like PCMark 10.
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