On April 16, 2024, AMD officially launched the Ryzen PRO 8000 series desktop processors and Ryzen PRO 8040 series mobile processors for commercial users, marking the official entry of commercial X86 platforms into the AI PC era. Additionally, during a technical briefing hosted by AMD, Ronak Shah, AMD's Global Commercial Product Marketing Manager, shared more information about AMD's comprehensive deployment of new commercial products and answered questions from media reporters.
AMD comprehensively deploys in the commercial AI PC market, with the AI ecosystem growing rapidly.
In the past five years, AMD has seen a remarkable 166% increase in market share for commercial client devices, and an impressive 300% increase in the workstation sector. This underscores the undeniable success of products like Threadripper and Ryzen, which have garnered widespread recognition from partners, users, and the market alike.
According to IDC's Commercial AI PC Survey Report, by 2027, 6 out of every 10 PCs shipped will be AI PCs. 59% of enterprise customers hope to be among the first to adopt AI PCs, indicating a strong demand from users' perspective.
AMD is the only industry player offering a comprehensive portfolio of AI products. Its product lines span data centers, PC terminals, and embedded edge computing products. AMD has already sold millions of AI PCs in the market. On the mobile front, the AMD Ryzen processor series leads with built-in NPU units for AI hardware acceleration, providing excellent AI performance and battery life for mobile users. In the desktop segment, the newly released Ryzen PRO 8000 series is the first commercial desktop processor with built-in NPU. For workstations, the Threadripper PRO 7000 WX series delivers powerful performance for content creation and AI workflows.
We know that AMD's comprehensive strategy for AI PCs revolves around Ryzen AI, which consists of three elements: CPU, GPU, and NPU. The CPU is primarily tasked with handling tasks that require fast response times, while the GPU focuses on AI workflows. The NPU is dedicated to AI workloads that traditional PCs cannot handle. Overall, Ryzen AI represents a collection of AI solutions geared towards future AI PCs.
The Ryzen PRO 8000/8040 series features an integrated Ryzen AI engine, ushering commercial PCs into the AI era. With the Zen4 efficient architecture and 4nm advanced manufacturing process, these processors deliver powerful performance and high energy efficiency. AMD PRO technology ensures cutting-edge security for enterprise users, along with user-friendly management features. Additionally, the Ryzen PRO 8000/8040 platform offers comprehensive support for WIFI 7 and Bluetooth 5.4, enhancing the user experience.
AMD's AI PC solution offers a fresh experience in the realm of commercial AI. Firstly, it enables enhanced collaboration among business users. Secondly, it significantly boosts energy efficiency, delivering outstanding AI performance while achieving previously unattainable low power consumption. Thirdly and fourthly, these points are interrelated, focusing on enhancing productivity and making investments in future technologies. Lastly, the fifth point pertains to user privacy, with AI processing taking place locally on the PC, which is crucial for users concerned about data privacy.
By the end of 2024, AMD is expected to have AI-driven collaborations with over 150 ISVs, including international partners like Adobe, Microsoft, ZOOM, as well as local ISV partners in China.
The Ryzen PRO 8000 family makes its debut, offering comprehensive coverage for both mobile and desktop platforms.
The Ryzen PRO 8000/8040 series recently released by AMD includes both desktop and mobile platforms. Let's take a look at the models for the mobile platform.
From the chart, it's apparent that the Ryzen PRO 8040 series models correspond closely to the core count and frequency settings of the consumer-grade Ryzen 8040 series, featuring three levels: 9, 7, and 5. However, it's worth noting that the Ryzen PRO 8045HS series is configured for 35W to 54W, offering enhanced performance, while the Ryzen PRO 8040HS series is set at 20W to 28W, ideal for thin and light laptops prioritizing battery life and efficiency. The Ryzen PRO 8040U series, on the other hand, is configured for 15W to 28W, targeting ultra-efficient thin and light laptops.
Additionally, although the Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U doesn't come with an integrated NPU, it still delivers excellent baseline performance.
According to data provided by AMD, the Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U, based on the Zen4 architecture, shows a significant improvement in both benchmark and productivity performance compared to its predecessor, the Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U, which was based on Zen3. The upgrade ranges from 9% to 26%, indicating a noticeable leap in performance.
In the realm of commercial desktops, the Ryzen PRO 8000 series stands out prominently. Previously, AMD unveiled the Ryzen 8000G series for the consumer market, and now the Ryzen PRO 8000 series expands on this with additional models. In addition to the 8700G/8600G/8500G/8300G models with TDPs ranging from 45W to 65W, the Ryzen PRO 8000 series also includes 8700GE/8600GE/8500GE/8300GE models with TDPs of 35W, making them ideal for constructing compact, high-efficiency AI PCs. These desktop processors feature the Ryzen AI Engine, bringing AI acceleration to commercial desktop platforms and providing business users with efficient AI acceleration capabilities.
According to official data, the Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G shows significant performance improvements over its predecessor, the Ryzen 7 PRO 5750G, in both benchmark and productivity performance. The processor sees a maximum boost of 62%, while the GPU experiences a remarkable increase of up to 160%. This can be described as a generational leap in performance.
Of course, as a commercial product, the Ryzen PRO 8000/8040 series fully supports AMD PRO technology, enabling simplified deployment and management in terms of security, manageability, and commercial readiness, thus providing higher reliability. In terms of AMD PRO security, AMD has integrated with Microsoft's Pluton security product for enhanced security. In terms of AMD PRO manageability, AMD has extended its past cloud-based support to desktops, which is crucial for all users, including those working remotely or in hybrid environments. This means IT support personnel can provide timely assistance to remote or hybrid office workers, simplifying overall IT operations and allowing support staff to take necessary actions that were previously impossible if the parties were not on the same network.
As a pioneer in commercial AI PCs, AMD is fully prepared.
The Ryzen PRO 8000/8040 series processors have ushered in the era of commercial AI PCs. AMD, with the most comprehensive AI hardware product line, undoubtedly has the strongest driving force and most comprehensive support capability in this field. Ronak Shah, AMD's Global Commercial Product Market Manager, stated at a technical briefing, "It is expected that this year AMD will collaborate with over 150 ISVs on Ryzen AI implementation. In other words, there is a lot of development work underway right now. AMD combines the powerful capabilities of its chips with robust software capabilities, enabling them to jointly provide desktop users with a very good user experience and performance. All of this may only be enjoyed by users under Ryzen AI support. We are bringing Ryzen AI to users' desktops, which is very valuable." Additionally, regarding the operation of AMD AI PCs, Ronak Shah also stated, "Some heavy AI workloads cannot be completed unlimitedly in the cloud. In other words, some AI workloads in the cloud need to be completed locally, and this is something Ryzen AI can achieve. When this task is processed locally, we will see the CPU, GPU, and NPU working together. CPUs and GPUs will also be optimized to run some AI workloads, while NPUs undoubtedly should handle AI workloads that cannot be completed on traditional PCs. So, in the future, this is a trend where AI workloads need to be processed locally and in the cloud simultaneously." Ronak Shah continued, "The powerful features of the NPU can also shine in the field of security, such as detecting abnormal situations, and even resolving and handling some of the detected abnormal situations. So, we are very confident in fully utilizing the powerful capabilities of NPUs to make a greater impact in the commercial PC market."
In summary, the new Ryzen PRO 8000/8040 series commercial mobile and desktop processors from AMD feature the Zen 4 architecture and come equipped with the Ryzen AI engine, marking the entry of commercial PCs into the AI era. The AMD PRO technology integrated into the Ryzen PRO 8000/8040 series offers excellent security and manageability, while the inclusion of WIFI 7 and Bluetooth 5.4 provides users with powerful high-speed connectivity. Additionally, AMD is collaborating with over 150 ISVs to expand the ecosystem based on Ryzen AI, enabling AI PCs built on AMD solutions to deliver even more powerful performance and provide business users with more efficient and richer AI experiences.
