This is something AMD is 'very actively working on...to satisfy the demands of gamers,' an AMD exec says at CES, though details are slim.

AMD’s Ryzen CPU announcements this year fall firmly into the latter camp—these are all gently tweaked variants of chips that launched in 2024 and 2025.

AMD unveiled Ryzen AI 400 and Embedded processors at CES 2026, touting up to 60 TOPS NPUs and new chips for laptops, desktops, and edge devices.

AMD Chair and CEO Lisa Su opened her keynote with a vision for “AI for everyone,” at CES 2026, underscoring how AI will revolutionise personal computing.AMD Ryzen AI 400 seriesAs part of this, the company launched its Ryzen AI

This year, we are seeing is perhaps the biggest generational change in Nvidia we’ve ever witnessed, with a new CPU, a new GPU, new networking chips, an AI model for automated driving and new open models for agentic AI.

In addition to updated Ryzen AI 300 series processors and the new Ryzen AI 400 series unveiled at CES 2026, the company brings a new desktop chip for gamers.

AMD may bring back some older products to allow users to dodge the worst of the RAM crisis. In a roundtable discussion that our sister site, Tom's Hardware, took part in, Ryzen chief David McAfee responded to a question about the difficulties facing PC builders in 2026.

While it's nice to see desktop support in AMD's new Ryzen AI 400 chips, demanding gamers and enthusiasts will likely be more intrigued by the company's next batch of Ryzen AI Max+ chips, as well as the new Ryzen 7 9850X3D with 3D V-Cache.