AMD Vice-President Reveals Apple’s Crucial Role in Creating Ryzen AI Max

The AMD vice president revealed that collaboration with Apple was key in developing their groundbreaking new technology, the Ryzen AI Max, featuring a 16-core CPU, RDNA 3.5 GPU, and 128GB of integrated RAM.

AMD Unveils Powerful Ryzen AI Max Chips at CES 2025

At CES 2025, AMD took the tech world by surprise with the launch of its Ryzen AI Max chips, a beefed-up version of its Ryzen AI architecture featuring up to 16 CPU cores and 50 RDNA 3.5 graphic cores, along with up to 128GB of integrated RAM.

Illustrative image: AMD Ryzen

Outperforming Intel and Apple

AMD claims that the Ryzen AI Max chips can deliver up to 2.6 times faster 3D rendering than Intel’s Core Ultra 9 288V chips, and 1.4 times better graphic performance. “We were building APUs [chips combining CPUs and Radeon graphics] while Apple was using discrete GPUs. They were using our discrete GPUs,” stated Joe Macri, AMD’s Vice President.

Apple’s Success Validates AMD’s Approach

According to Macri, Apple’s success has demonstrated that powerful computers do not necessarily need discrete graphics. “What Apple showed is that consumers don’t care about what’s inside the box. They care about what the box does,” he remarked.

Promising Performance in Action

During a quick demo with the latest ASUS ROG Flow Z13 at AMD’s CES booth, I experienced the Ryzen AI Max’s capabilities firsthand, playing Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart at 1080p with over 60fps and impressive graphic effects. AMD also claims the Ryzen AI Max matches Apple’s 14-core M4 Pro chip in performance. Devices equipped with the Ryzen AI Max, including the aforementioned ROG Flow Z13 and the HP Zbook Ultra G1a, will hit the market in the first half of the year.