AMD Unveils Ryzen 9000 Series and Next-Gen AI Chips at Computex 2025

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May 2025 – Taipei | At this year’s Computex 2025, AMD took center stage by unveiling its Ryzen 9000 series desktop CPUs and a major leap in AI processing with the new Instinct MI400 series chips. The announcements mark AMD’s most aggressive push yet into both consumer performance computing and the rapidly expanding AI data center market.

Ryzen 9000 Series: Zen 5 Hits Desktops

The new Ryzen 9000 series is built on AMD’s Zen 5 architecture, boasting:

  • Up to 16 cores and 32 threads
  • Built on 4nm process
  • IPC gains of 10–15% over Zen 4
  • Boost clocks exceeding 5.6 GHz
  • Enhanced integrated graphics using RDNA 3.5

The chips will launch with AM5 socket support and backward compatibility with existing 600-series motherboards.

Launch Date: July 2025
Starting Price: $299 (Ryzen 9600X)

AMD Instinct MI400: AI Accelerator for Data Centers

AMD also introduced its latest data center powerhouse — the Instinct MI400, designed to compete with NVIDIA’s H100 and Blackwell GPUs. Key features include:

  • Built on CDNA 4 architecture
  • 2.5x performance boost in AI inference vs MI300
  • Support for FP8 and bfloat16
  • Advanced memory stacking and interconnect

This move further positions AMD as a serious challenger in the booming AI accelerator market.

Gaming Laptops & GPUs

AMD teased the upcoming Radeon RX 8000 mobile GPUs, expected to offer better ray tracing and energy efficiency. Several laptop partners, including ASUS, MSI, and Lenovo, are set to release AI-enhanced gaming laptops with Ryzen AI 300 Series chips in Q3.

Lisa Su: “The Future Is AI-Accelerated”

AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su emphasized AMD’s long-term vision: “From desktops to data centers, AI is transforming every layer of the computing stack — and AMD is ready to power it.”

Stay tuned for full benchmarks, launch reviews, and Ryzen 9000 pre-order guides.