AMD Launches $3,999 Ryzen AI Halo, Claims It Outpaces Nvidia DGX Spark for Local LLMs
Summary
AMD launches the $3,999 Ryzen AI Halo local AI platform, pairing a Ryzen AI Max+ 395 chip with 128GB unified memory to run models up to 200 billion parameters and claiming 4% to 14% faster LLM token generation than Nvidia’s DGX Spark.
Key Points
- AMD launches Ryzen AI Halo, a local AI developer platform with a Ryzen AI Max+ 395 processor, 128GB unified memory and support for models up to 200 billion parameters.
- AMD claims Ryzen AI Halo delivers 4% to 14% higher tokens-per-second performance than Nvidia DGX Spark across four tested large-language models.
- AMD prices the 128GB Ryzen AI Halo at $3,999 and says a sustained-use scenario costs up to six times less over three years than equivalent cloud API use.