Preorders for AMD's $3,999 Ryzen AI Halo, Its DGX Spark Competitor, Start in June
AMD has announced the Ryzen AI Halo Developer Platform, which will be available for preorder in June at a starting price of $3,999. This new platform aims to compete with Nvidia's DGX Spark by offering powerful specifications and cost savings for businesses. AMD claims that using its hardware can significantly reduce long-term cloud computing costs for AI development.
- ▪The Ryzen AI Halo features 128GB of LPDDR5x, a 50 TOPS NPU, and a 40-core RDNA 3.5 GPU.
- ▪AMD argues that its platform can deliver up to 14% faster local AI performance compared to Nvidia's offerings.
- ▪The hardware supports running local AI models with up to 200 billion parameters and is designed for both Windows and Linux.
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AMD is looking to undercut Nvidia's flagship semi-professional AI developer hardware with its Ryzen AI Halo Developer Platform.After previewing its Ryzen AI 400 series at CES 2026, AMD today unveiled the Ryzen AI Max PRO 400 Series processors for agent computers, and announced that the AI Halo will be available for preorder in June, starting at $3,999, or $700 less than Nvidia's DGX Spark. With 128GB of LPDDR5x, a 50 TOPS NPU, a 40-core RDNA 3.5 GPU, and 2TB of storage, AMD argues it can compete on performance, too."For agentic AI to move beyond the cloud, the PC needs to handle real-time tasks locally while responding quickly, protecting sensitive data, and supporting the memory demands of complex agent workflows," AMD says.
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