the AMD Ryzen AI Halo MiniPC for local AI is now official
Finally, amd has confirmed the price, specifications and release dateor at least the date to reserve the new AMD Ryzen AI Halo. The new AMD MiniPC will finally be available for reserve next Junealthough they have not specified a specific day either. Its price has also been confirmed, as we had anticipated this MiniPC aimed at AI developers will cost $3,999.
AMD confirms the price of the Ryzen AI Halo: $3,999 and reservations in June
The specifications stated that this AMD Ryzen AI Halo would have up to one Top-of-the-range Ryzen AI MAX+ 395 APU. A CPU, GPU and NPU ideal for Artificial intelligencewhether for developers, content creators and the era of agentic AI. This new MiniPC offers clear advantages over other devices aimed at the same purpose, these are:
- Ease of installationwithout wasting extra time.
- Ease of setupsince it comes ready to start working.
- No limitationsthanks to your 128GB you can load the Heavier LLM.
- Easy maintenancewithout complications, fast and simple.
An x86 solution ready for Windows and Linux
One of the advantages of this Mini PC is your x86 architecturedirectly for use with Windows or Linux. Its flexibility in operating systems will allow access to a complete software catalog availablequick access to updates and tools. You won’t have to worry about the applications, as they come pre-installed with different models so you can start working right away. The help of the community will allow you to adapt to the more current and up-to-date workflows.
Everything available from the amd software that it makes available to users. But don’t worry if the included software is not what you need, from the application itself you can update or change it according to your needs. In addition, you can connect to other devices thanks to AMD Sync.
Thanks to the guides included with the complete software package, you will have Specific instructions for creating images, loading other LLMs, advanced use cases with LLM, programming for local LLMs, and automating workflows.
Ryzen AI MAX+ 395, Radeon 8060S and 128 GB of LPDDR5x RAM
All this is possible thanks to the hardware of this AMD Ryzen AI Halofocused on The company’s most powerful APU, AMD Ryzen AI MAX+ 395. In addition to a CPU with 16 Zen 5 cores and 32 threadsis accompanied by a AMD Radeon 8060S GPUwhich has already shown that It has no rival among integrated graphics. It is complemented with a good amount of RAM memory, 128GB LPDDR5xenough to load the Heavier LLM.
Offers a configuration with 2TB PCIe 4.0 SSD storageand a TDP up to 120Wconfigurable from 45W. All in a small solo cube 150 × 150 × 43mmwhich also offers Next-generation connectivity with Wi-Fi 7 and 10Gbps Ethernet.
AMD compares the Ryzen AI Halo against the NVIDIA DGX Spark and the Mac Mini M4 Pro
As a competition of NVIDIA DGX Spark, amd wanted to offer some data by way of comparison. The first advantage to highlight is the AMD NPUsince the solution of NVIDIA lacks this dedicated neural unit. It also boasts of offering the best TPS/$ performance (tokens per second per dollar)surpassing the solution of NVIDIA in several LLM. Another feature worth highlighting is the one mentioned above. flexibility to use Windows or Linuxsince the DGX Spark works with a Linux specific.
Another of the solutions preferred by users who want a mini PC for AI is he Mac Mini with M4 Prowhere amd highlights again the Ryzen AI Halo’s superior efficiency. He amd can with models more than 200Bwhile the Apple can’t handle those of 100Bthis is due to the Less memory of 64 GB of the Mac Mini compared to 128 GB of the AMD.
Also designed for content creators and AI agents
The content creators will have a powerful tool for video creationwithout the need to pay tokens for online services. This new AMD MiniPC is able to execute models for video creation with AIeverything in form local and centralized. The solution of amd offers up to 7 times more performance in Ace Step 1.5 XL that the same one executed in the Mac Mini M4 Pro.
In the era of AI agents, amd want to prepare for a consumption of up to 1 million tokens per day. The manufacturer’s calculations ensure that buying one of these AMD Ryzen AI Halo will offer a savings vs. paying cloud provider tokensreducing by 7 the necessary cost after 3 years of operation.
AMD bets on a ready-to-use solution
As we see, amd not only offers you a great hardwarebut it complements you with entire software packagein a solution available for connect and start workingand with the flexibility to use Windows or Linux according to your needs.
We leave you the configuration of this new AMD MiniPC.
- Cores/threads: 16 cores and 32 threads.
- Maximum frequency: until 5.1GHz.
- Base frequency: 3.0GHz.
- Total cache: 80MB.
- Integrated graphics: AMD Radeon 8060S Graphics.
- Configurable TDP (cTDP): between 45 and 120 W.
- NPU performance: until 50 TOPS for tasks of Artificial intelligence.
- Graphic computing units (Compute Units): 40 CUs.
- Unified memory: until 128GB.
