AMD will power the “world’s first Copilot+ PCs designed for enterprise” with Ryzen AI PRO 300 processors using 55 TOPS NPUs
Expanding its successful Ryzen AI 300 mobile processors, AMD offers extra AI-powered security to the enterprise market.
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AMD is once again leveling up its processor offerings in the enterprise market as it launches the Ryzen AI PRO 300 Series with, among the usual focus on enhanced security and data privacy, a return to hardware-enabled AI computing following its commercialRyzen AI 300processorscompatible with Copilot+.
It isn’t AMD’s first adventure intoAI PCtechnology either, already having launched theRyzen PRO 7000 SeriesandPRO 8000 Serieswith integratedNeural Processing Units (NPUs)before that, gradually moving its totalTera Operations per Second (TOPS)capability up from a score of 10 TOPS to 50-55 TOPS.
Ryzen PRO remains an enterprise-centric platform powering laptops likeHP’s new EliteBook X, but AMD still aims to provide top-tier performance and the kind of true all-day battery life I saw in devices running its Ryzen AI 300 chips, like inmy ASUS Zenbook S 16 review.
Extra layers of security and simplified development environments for developers working with AI models on the traditional x86-64 platform come with the rest of the Ryzen PRO namesake, as AMD labels it “the world’s best processor for next-gen AI enterprise PCs.”
What’s new in Ryzen PRO for enterprise?
Ryzen AI PRO 300 benefits from the same upgrades as itsnon-PROcounterparts in that theseZen 5 CPUsfeature alongside the latest versions of each chiplet inside AMD’sSystem on Chip (SoC.)Adopters will get access to itsXDNA 2 NPU, which currently boasts the highestTOPS countin the market, nowup from 50 to 55 TOPSand more than capable of running local AI computing tasks used byMicrosoft Copilot, likeWindows Recall.
Integrated RDNA 3.5 graphics also see a bump toAMD’s Radeon 800M Series with support for AI-powered graphical enhancementsrunning with increased power efficiency than its previous-genRadeon 700M solution. However, not everything relies solely on the NPU, and AMD is confident that the Ryzen PRO 300 CPU, GPU, and NPU combinations in each SKU will intelligently handle each AI task it can complete most efficiently.
Nevertheless, AMD has a clear lead on raw performance in the NPU category, which helps it introduce the “world’s firstCopilot+ PCsdesigned for enterprise,” given the fulfillment (and beyond) ofCopilot’s 40 TOPS requirement. Local AI computing hardware unlocks access toLive captionsandreal-time translationfor obvious uses in a professional environment like video calls, but also more specific control over image generation withCocreator.
Compared to its competitors,Intel’s latest Core Ultra 200V mobile processors, codenamed Lunar Lake, feature a 48 TOPS NPU, while the NPU inQualcomm’s high-end Snapdragon X Elitemaxes out at 45 TOPS. However, as AI computing advances and developers refine models to improve efficiency, the need to chase an ever-higher TOPS count might not prove as important. Still, if AMD isn’t compromising CPU and GPU performance to include the XDNA 2 tile, it couldn’t hurt.
Ben is a Senior Editor at Windows Central, covering everything related to technology hardware and software. He regularly goes hands-on with the latest Windows laptops, components inside custom gaming desktops, and any accessory compatible with PC and Xbox. His lifelong obsession with dismantling gadgets to see how they work led him to pursue a career in tech-centric journalism after a decade of experience in electronics retail and tech support.
