AMD has formally introduced its CES 2025 occasion, which guarantees to deliver the “subsequent era of innovation throughout gaming.” The occasion is about to be held Monday, January 6 at 11 am PT (2 pm ET/7 pm GMT) and shall be live-streamed.
The corporate is predicted to unveil its next-gen gaming GPU lineup, primarily based on the RDNA 4 structure. Whereas AMD has been lagging behind Nvidia when it comes to being the perfect graphics card out there, it’s hoped that AMD will at the least have the ability to provide some first rate competitors within the mid-range GPU market. The corporate can also be anticipated to unveil its new AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D CPU on the occasion, and probably its new Ryzen Z2 Excessive chip for handhelds.
In a publish on X (previously Twitter), Jack Huynh, senior vp and basic supervisor of computing and graphics at AMD, additionally talked about “AI PC” within the announcement. This might discuss with a few of subsequent yr’s chips, that are codenamed AMD Strix Halo, boasting superior synthetic intelligence efficiency with the neural processor unit (NPU) onboard.
Nevertheless, on the gaming entrance, these chips are additionally reported to have a large built-in GPU (iGPU). A leak again in November indicated that AMD plans to equip the “Radeon 8000S” GPU with the upgraded RDNA 3.5 structure and as much as 40 compute items.
For comparability, the Radeon 890M, the headlining iGPU within the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, has 16 compute items, whereas the iGPU present in {hardware} working the 7840U or Z1 Excessive has simply 12.
The corporate can also be anticipated to raise the lid on its new RDNA 4 graphics playing cards. The rumored new AMD Radeon RX 8800 XT is alleged to be 45% sooner when it comes to ray tracing over the past era, and allegedly matches Nvidia’s RTX 4080 in sure specs.
Final yr AMD went all in on AI at CES, exhibiting off the Ryzen 8000G chips and 8040 cellular chips. These all got here with NPUs, and that is prone to be a continued focus for AMD.
Whereas final yr’s AMD CES bulletins weren’t notably gaming-centric, with next-generation {hardware} within the wings, it might be a extra thrilling CES for PC players this yr.
Valve has stated that it’s ready for a correct generational leap earlier than contemplating a successor to the present greatest gaming handheld, the Steam Deck. CES 2025 might be the primary time we get a correct glimpse at that sort of {hardware}, in addition to its new GPUs.
