New AMD Ryzen AI Max laptop CPU like a “Threadripper in your hands”

According to an AMD Senior Fellow, owning one of the company's new AMD Ryzen AI Max laptop CPUs is a bit like having a “Threadripper to put in the palm of your hands." It's all thanks to a brand new chip design, codenamed Strix Halo, which combines 16 cores with a surprisingly powerful integrated GPU.

These AMD Strix Halo CPUs, which so far include the recently announced AMD Ryzen AI Max and AI Max+, are mainly aimed at mobile workstations, rather than the very best gaming laptop designs, but their strong integrated GPUs mean they can be used for gaming too. Indeed, gaming performance from this new AMD platform already looks promising too, with a leaked Strix Halo benchmark prior to the official CES announcement showing it could beat an RTX 4060 without a graphics card.