AMD finally shows off its own Strix Halo AI powerhouse

Despite technically being a laptop SKU, AMD’s Strix Halo chips found themselves in far more mini-PCs and desktops than laptops. However, AMD never released a first-party offering, unlike Nvidia, which released its GB10-based DGX Spark before OEMs got their variants out. That is set to change today with the release of AMD’s new Ryzen AI Halo developer platform.

As its name suggests, the AMD Ryzen AI Halo will leverage Team Red’s most powerful Strix Halo chip, the Ryzen AI Max+ 395, 128 GB of LPDDR5-8000 MT/s memory, a Radeon 8060s iGPU with 40 CUs, a 2 TB PCIe Gen4 SSD and a 50 TOPS NPU. Connectivity options include Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 5.4, an HDMI 2.1b port, a 10 Gb/s Ethernet jack, three unspecified USB-C (likely USB 4.0) ports and one USB-C port for power. The machine has a rated TDP of 120 Watts. Lastly, it measures 5.9-in x 5.9-in x 1.7-in.

AMD markets the Ryzen AI Halo as a machine that can run LLMs locally, thus saving on monthly subscription costs. The company claims it can run heavy-duty models like GPT OSS (120B) and Qwen 3.5 (122B), both of which AMD says don’t run on an Apple M4 Pro. Unlike the DGX Spark, which can only run Linux, the Ryzen AI Halo can also be configured with Windows.