AMD clocks in with higher CPU speeds, leaves architecture untouched

AMD kicked off CES on Monday by unveiling a slew of desktop and mobile processors aimed at everyone from casual users and creative professionals to gamers and AI devs. But with few improvements, they're more "newish" than new.

As usual, AMD's marketing leaned into superlatives: all-day battery life; best-in-class CPU and GPU performance; and more AI TOPS than the average person could reasonably find use for.

OK, maybe they didn't say it quite like that, but AMD is going all in on the AI PC transition, predicting a crossover point in 2026.

However, apart from a new brand name here and a new SKU there, not much has actually changed under the hood for the House of Zen's CES lineup.

Take, for example, AMD's new Ryzen AI 400 series processors, which can be had with up to 12 cores capable of boosting to 5.2 ...