AMD’s next-generation desktop processors still don’t have a confirmed launch date, but Team Red isn’t done with this generation just yet, revealing the Ryzen 7 9850X3D at CES 2026 alongside a host of other chips.
Starting with the 9850X3D, it is essentially a faster version of the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, having the same number of cores, the same cache and TDP, but with an additional 400MHz max frequency. That might not sound like a whole lot, but the Ryzen 7 9800X3D is arguably the best gaming processor ever released, so making it even faster will attract a lot of interest.
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At the top of the stack you have the Ryzen AI 9 HX 475, a 12-core/24-thread chip with a boost clock of 5.2GHz, up to 54W cTDP, 36MB cache and a 60 TOPS NPU, which AMD says is the most powerful x86 NPU you can get. Rounding it off is a Radeon 890M iGPU with 16 compute units and a GPU boost clock of 3.1GHz.
The next step down is the Ryzen AI 9 HX 470, which looks almost identical to the HX 475 except for a slightly slower NPU with 55 TOPS. The rest of the stack fills out as expected, as you can see below.
| Header cell – column 0 |
Cores | Thread |
Max boost (GHz) |
Cache (MB) |
Memory speed (MT/s) |
NPU TOPS |
iGPU Compute Units |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Ryzen AI 9 HX 475 |
12 | 24 |
5.2 |
36 |
8,533 |
60 |
16 |
|
Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 |
12 | 24 |
5.2 |
36 |
8,533 |
55 |
16 |
|
Ryzen AI 9 465 |
10 | 20 |
5 |
34 |
8,533 |
50 |
12 |
|
Ryzen AI 7 450 |
8 | 16 |
5.1 |
24 |
8,533 |
50 |
8 |
|
Ryzen AI 7 445 |
6 | 12 |
4.6 |
14 |
8,000 |
50 |
4 |
|
Ryzen AI 5 435 |
6 | 12 |
4.5 |
14 |
8,000 |
50 |
4 |
|
Ryzen AI 5 430 |
4| 8 |
4.5 |
12 |
8,000 |
50 |
4 |
I can’t say much about the performance claims AMD makes for these processors in their presentations and press materials, such as the claimed 71% faster average performance in content creation or the 29% faster average multitasking performance of the HX 470 versus the Intel Core Ultra 9 288V.
It’s a bit of an odd comparison as the 288V is an Intel Lunar Lake chip intended for thin and light laptops, as opposed to the more powerful Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX, which is really the more appropriate comparison here as these are the chips you’d find in gaming and creator laptops.
Will it make that much of a difference in the end? We’ll see when we get them all to test in the coming months, as the numbers will ultimately tell the story.
AMD’s new chips offer more than just added AI noise in 2026
As expected, the new line of AMD processors at CES 2026 leans heavily into the current AI landscape, and for many PC enthusiasts and gamers out there hoping for more, the Ryzen 7 9850X3D may not be enough to fully satisfy consumers.
However, the mobile landscape is certainly looking a lot more competitive for Intel as laptop makers get ready to launch Intel Panther Lake-powered laptops over the next few months, and there’s a lot to be excited about if you’re looking to upgrade your laptop in 2026.
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