During its CES 2025 presentation, AMD announced a line of new CPU models. The company is also providing users with a brief sneak peek at its next iteration of desktop graphics abilities plus the company’s next rendition of its FSR image upscaling technology.
During its AMD CES 2025 presentation yesterday, the company has announced a line of new CPU models. The company is also providing users with a brief sneak peek at its next iteration of desktop graphics abilities plus the company’s next rendition of its FSR image upscaling technology.
Advanced Micro Devices, or more commonly referred to as AMD, revealed new models of CPUs geared toward desktops, laptops, and portable game consoles.
AMD CES 2025: A Deep Dive into the Latest CPUs and GPUs
Two desktop CPUs are launched from the Ryzen 9000 series, starting with the CPUs: Ryzen 9 9950X3D and the Ryzen 9 9900X3D are variants of 9950X and 9900X that include the 3D V-cache technology to boost gaming performance through substantially increased cache capacity.
Ryzen Z Series for Handheld Gaming Devices
AMD also launches processors designed for use in desktop computers, laptops, and portable gaming handhelds. According to AMD, the 9950X3D averages 8% better than its predecessor, the 7950X3D in games and is 20% faster than the Intel Core Ultra 9 285K.
In general usage where additional cores of the 9950X3D are not needed, gaming-wise, one should opt for the 9800X3D as it has the same speed. AMD also renewed its Ryzen Z series of processors, the backbone behind handheld gaming laptops such as the ASUS ROG Ally or the Lenovo Legion Go.
The most powerful variant in the new series is the Ryzen Z2 Extreme, built upon ‘Strix Point’ architecture, also serving as the foundation for AMD’s latest notebook processors. The Z2 Extreme will include 8 cores, consisting of a combination of Zen 5 and Zen 5c cores and an enhanced RDNA 3.5 GPU with 16 graphics cores.
Ryzen Z2 Series and Performance Comparisons
The company has released new processors that are specifically designed for desktop use, laptops, and handheld gaming personal computers. Going down to the Ryzen Z2, you enter more familiar territory since it appears to provide nearly the same features as a rebranded Ryzen Z1 Extreme.
The system packs 8 Zen 4 cores combined with 12 RDNA 3 graphics cores. The new kid on the block, the Ryzen Z2 Go, comes with a Zen 3+ CPU from a generation earlier, boasting 4 cores, along with an RDNA 2 GPU containing 12 graphics cores.
That gap in performance below the surface of these three chips, though wearing the same badge, is disappointing and is far from a rare occurrence among AMD’s mobile processor lineup.
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High-Performance Ryzen 9000HX Series Processors
AMD has unveiled three new Ryzen 9000HX Series processors specifically for high-performance gaming notebooks. The only model in the lineup that offers the 3D V-cache technology is the Ryzen 9 9955HX3D. Alongside that, with the 9955HX-not-V-cache variant are a 16-core model and a 12-core model referred to as the 9850HX.
Advanced Micro Devices unveils new processors for desktops, laptops and handheld gaming personal computers.
It launched an extensive lineup of Ryzen AI Max, Ryzen AI Max PRO, Ryzen AI 300, Ryzen AI 300 PRO, and two new Ryzen 200, and Ryzen 200 PRO series processors with an overwhelming number that cannot be listed here.
Radeon 9000 Series Graphics and FSR4 Tech
AMD recently made a rather vague announcement about the Radeon 9000 series graphics cards. The new cards are based on the RDNA 4 architecture. Some board partners have been confirmed to be working with AMD for the launch of Radeon 9070XT and Radeon 9070 graphics cards in Q1 2025. The latest editions will directly compete with Nvidia’s RTX 5070 and RTX 5070 Ti, which are also going to be showcased later today within Nvidia’s CES presentation.
There are a few references to the Radeon 9000 series, which includes the Radeon 9000 series and another reference to the Radeon 9000 series.
Radeon 9000 series graphics cards.
FSR4 Technology and Future Applications
In essence, AMD claimed its FSR4 tech set to arrive at some point soonish would be relying on AI like DLSS and XeSS. It was specifically optimized for graphics cards running on RDNA 4 architecture, with no other information for now.
AMD CES announcement in 2025 seems an All-Around Strong Company. AMD upgrades computer desktop and laptop processors and further boosts handheld game and AI applications, making this look set up for a quite competitive year of competition. Also, since Radeon 9000 series and FSR 4 are fast-approaching days, the fans and content artists have much waiting ahead.
