Here’s what’s coming, all in the first and second quarter of 2025. Full details can be found here And here.
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
It’s AMD’s fastest and most advanced processor yet, featuring 16 or 12 cores and designed specifically for creators and (especially) gamers. AMD says the new chip will deliver an average 8% performance improvement on gaming frame rates and a 10% improvement on other tasks.
AMD Ryzen AI 5, AI 7 and AI Max
The Ryzen AI chip is not an NPU but rather a processor optimized for overall performance, including AI workloads. The first Ryzen AI processor, the Ryzen AI 300, launched in late 2024, and a collection of much faster follow-ups will arrive soon, led by the Ryzen AI Max (available in seven different SKUs). With up to 16 cores and support for 128GB of memory, AMD claims the AI Max delivers 50 TOPS NPU performance. AMD naturally claims that the Max is blazingly fast at all kinds of tasks and boldly claims that it can compete with the Apple M4 processor on some of them. Ryzen AI chips are also expected to appear in mini PC designs.
AMD Radeon RX 9070 series
AMD hasn’t revealed many details about what would set its latest GPU apart, except that the 9070 line is aimed at mid-range users. What’s more notable is that AMD’s naming system is evolving to more closely align with how Nvidia names its products. The 9070 and 9070 XT will arrive this quarter.
Nvidia
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang took the stage in a sparkly jacket and spent nearly two hours describing the company’s upcoming plans, and as expected, it’s pretty much all about AI. But the keynote barely touched on Nvidia’s core GPUs, which include these new features. Full details can be found here And here.
Nvidia GeForce RTX 50 Series
Without surprising anyone, Nvidia announced a new graphics processor, the GeForce RTX 50 series. On the desktop, these GPUs will be launched at the end of January 2025. The big breakthrough is a technology called Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) 4 and Multi Frame Generation, which uses AI techniques to generate part of the pixel stream instead of doing so. via brute force tactics, significantly improving performance. Huang claims the new graphics card has up to 4,000 TOPS of AI power. The high-end card in the series, the 5090, will cost just $1,999.
The RTX 50 series is also discounted for laptop implementations, starting in March 2025. You’ll get a little less than half the performance of the mobile version compared to the desktop version, but Huang says the A.I. will ensure that your laptop will not melt. while you are using it. Prices for laptops equipped with the RTX 50 will reach $2,899, offering a maximum power of 1,850 AI TOPS.
Nvidia GB10
It is the backbone of Nvidia project figures“a personal AI supercomputer” that will bring Nvidia’s Blackwell AI platform to the masses. Want to run inference on your desktop, offline? The numbers and the GB10 “AI superchip” will make this possible, with 1 petaflop (1,000 TOPS) of performance. The system will cost a minimum of $3,000 and will be available in May 2025.
