AMD is preparing to launch the Ryzen 9000, Zen 5-based processors, later this year as support for the chipset and firmware begins to roll out. While we await the arrival of these, the company is now starting to reveal its AI computers that were first reported in December last year.
The company is announcing Ryzen 8000 PRO SKUs for commercial PCs and Microsoft is pretty excited about it too, for two reasons. First, these computers will have the Pluton security processor built in, something that’s been inside AMD chips since the Ryzen 6000.
In case you’re not aware, Pluton was designed by Microsoft to provide additional chip-level protection over the TPM (Trusted Platform Module) as the latter is vulnerable to bus interface sniffing attacks.
The second reason is Copilot, which is not surprising given that we see it in all aspects of the Windows operating system as well as other Microsoft products.
Ryzen 8000 PRO are basically the enterprise versions of Ryzen 8000 series APUs that were launched last year and one of the highlights of the lineup is the improved artificial intelligence performance. AMD has included dedicated AI accelerators called NPUs (Neural Processing Units) inside its processors since the Ryzen 7000 mobile and the company has promised that Windows Task Manager will be able to track and report NPU usage soon.
Microsoft also claims 41% faster device deployment performance, though we’re not sure what that compares to. on her blog messageThe technology giant writes:
AMD expands its portfolio of commercial laptops and desktops with AMD Ryzen PRO 8040 series mobile processors and AMD Ryzen PRO 8000 series desktop processors, which business professionals will see in new laptops and desktops from AMD’s OEM partners. By leveraging the dedicated, on-chip CPU, GPU and NPU, new processors powered by Ryzen AI deliver more trillions of operations per second (TOPS) than previous generations.
AMD PRO technologies help IT managers save time by enabling them to deploy devices up to 41% faster and manage them at scale with cloud-based tools, including Windows Autopilot.
In addition, the Microsoft Pluton security processor is integrated with AMD Ryzen PRO processors, providing protection from the chip to the cloud. It helps protect user credentials, identities, personal data, and encryption keys on Windows 11 PCs.
The complete mobile Ryzen PRO selection is provided below:
| model | cores/wires | boost / base frequency | Total cache | cTDP | Risen AI |
| AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS |
8C/16T | up to 5.2GHz/ 4GHz |
24MB | 35-54W | readily available |
| AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8845HS |
8C/16T | up to 5.1GHz/ 3.8GHz |
24MB | 35-54W | readily available |
| AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS |
8C/16T | up to 5.1GHz/ 3.3GHz |
24MB | 20-28W | readily available |
| AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U |
8C/16T | up to 5.1GHz/ 3.3GHz |
24MB | 15-28W | readily available |
| AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8645HS |
6C/12T | up to 5.0GHz/ 4.3GHz |
22MB | 35-54W | readily available |
| AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS |
6C/12T | up to 4.9GHz/ 3.5GHz |
22MB | 20-28W | readily available |
| AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640U |
6C/12T | up to 4.9GHz/ 3.5GHz |
22MB | 15-28W | readily available |
| AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U |
6C/12T | up to 4.9GHz/ 3.2GHz |
22MB | 15-28W | No |
The desktop layout is shown below:
| model | cores/wires | boost / base frequency | Total cache | cTDP | Risen AI |
| AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G |
8C/16T | up to 5.1GHz/ 4.2GHz |
24MB | 45-65W | readily available |
| AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8700GE |
8C/16T | up to 5.1GHz/ 3.65GHz |
24MB | 35W | readily available |
| AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8600G |
6C/12T | up to 5.0GHz/ 4.35GHz |
22MB | 45-65W | readily available |
| AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8600GE |
6C/12T | up to 5.0GHz/ 3.90GHz |
22MB | 35W | readily available |
| AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8500G |
6C/12T | up to 5.0GHz/ 3.55GHz |
22MB | 45-65W | No |
| AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8500GE |
6C/12T | up to 5.0GHz/ 3.40GHz |
22MB | 35W | No |
| AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 8300G |
4C/8T | up to 4.90GHz/ 3.45GHz |
12MB | 45-65W | No |
| AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 8300GE |
4C/8T | up to 4.90GHz/ 3.50GHz |
12MB | 35W | No |
Microsoft also mentions some of the other modern features of the Ryzen 8000 PRO which include support for Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 5.3 and DDR5, among others.