Ryzen AI 400G: AMD only gives desktop PCs the cheap chip
AMD is finally bringing new desktop combo processors. However, the large die with a thick GPU is missing.
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Six new Ryzen AI 400G processors are appearing for the AM5 platform, 12 if you count the Pro versions for business PCs. They are the first combo processors with Zen 5 cores for desktop computers that have more than two graphics cores (Compute Units, CUs) with a total of 128 shaders. AMD is introducing the CPUs under the codename Gorgon Point.
However, the larger variants with up to 12 CPU cores (four Zen 5, eight Zen 5c) and 16 CUs (1024 shaders, RDNA 3.5 architecture) will remain exclusive to notebooks. AMD announced the Ryzen AI 400 in early January at the CES 2026 electronics trade fair, but the chips are still from the 300 series from the previous year. AMD last introduced the Ryzen 8000G for desktop PCs in early 2024.
All specifications of the Ryzen AI 400G for desktop PCs.
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Fewer Cores
For desktop PCs, according to the announcement, there are a maximum of eight CPU cores and Compute Units each, i.e. 512 shaders. The CPU cores consist of four Zen 5 and four Zen 5c types each. The latter are packed more densely and clock lower to save space on the chip. This configuration is used by the Ryzen AI 7 450G with a Thermal Design Power of 65 watts and the Ryzen AI 7 450GE with 35 watts.
The Ryzen AI 5 440G and 440GE are content with six CPU cores (three Zen 5 and three Zen 5c each) and four Compute Units (256 shaders). The Ryzen AI 5 435G and 435GE are also six-core processors, but in a 2+4 configuration. Here, AMD also halves the Level 3 cache from 16 to 8 MByte.
Below this, gaming performance is likely to suffer most. Compared to the previous desktop six-core processors, the Ryzen AI 5 435G(E) is significantly cut back: The Ryzen 5 9600 uses 32 MByte of Level 3 cache.
A Ryzen AI 400G under the heat spreader. AMD uses only a smaller chip variant here.
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Although the desktop processors are allowed to consume significantly more electrical power than the notebook models, the maximum clock frequencies remain identical. AMD specifies them as 4.5 to a maximum of 5.1 GHz depending on the model, even for the 65-watt versions.
All Ryzen AI 400G come with an integrated AI accelerator capable of 50 trillion operations per second. With 50 TOPS, the processors qualify for Microsoft's Copilot+.
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New Naming Scheme Also in Desktop
The newcomers show where the desktop processors are heading in terms of naming. The next generation of pure desktop CPUs might therefore not be called Ryzen 10000, but Ryzen AI 500. AMD would then only need a new suffix to distinguish them from the notebook models.
According to AMD, complete PCs with the Ryzen AI 400G and business variants are expected to be released in the second quarter of 2026. AMD apparently does not intend to sell the processors individually as boxed versions. Consequently, only tray versions without manufacturer warranty are likely to appear in online retail, which are offloaded by PC manufacturers.
In parallel, business notebooks with Pro versions of the Ryzen AI 400 will also be released.
First notebooks and desktop PCs appearing with Ryzen AI 400 Pro and Ryzen AI 400G respectively.
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