AMD has launched its Ryzen AI Halo developer platform in the US, featuring the Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 495 processor. The system is available at Micro Center retail locations, with pricing set at $7299.99.
The hardware comes in a chassis with a volume of just over one liter. It includes 192 GB of LPDDR5X-8533 memory and a 2 TB M.2 SSD. The system supports up to 160 GB of memory allocation for the GPU, facilitating the local execution of AI models with over 300 billion parameters at 4-bit quantization.
The Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 495 chip features 16 Zen 5 CPU cores clocked up to 5.2 GHz and a Radeon 8065S GPU with 40 RDNA 3.5 compute units. The integrated NPU provides up to 55 TOPS of performance, while the GPU delivers 61 TFLOPS in FP16 operations at a 120 W TDP.
The platform supports Linux and Windows 11, with a Microsoft Project Zenith configuration expected later. Connectivity options include 10 Gbps networking, Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 5.4, and HDMI 2.1b. The system is designed for local AI development, supporting the ROCm stack and tools like PyTorch and Ollama.
