AMD has announced Ryzen AI Pro 300 Series processors boasting a heap of security features to protect your privacy and data. In addition to higher raw performance, the three-chip lineup carries enough AI power to run Microsoft Copilot+ assistant.
The Ryzen AI Pro 300 Series houses AMD’s latest technologies and optimisations. Inside we find Zen 5 CPU cores, RDNA 3.5 graphics, and an XDNA 2 NPU, delivering high performance and efficiency alongside built-in AI acceleration for the growing market demand. AMD aims for all-day battery life thanks to architectural and manufacturing advancements emanating from Zen 5.
Being Pro products, the series also focuses on the security, reliability, and manageability required for large enterprises. This is especially important since many of these machines will be connected and used in external environments unprotected by enterprise firewalls.
Specifications
Looking closer, Ryzen AI Pro 300 Series will offer up to 12 Zen 5 CPU cores running 24 threads, 32MB of total cache, 16 RDNA 3.5 graphics compute units, and 55 TOPS of NPU power. The series is manufactured using a 4nm process and can be configured between 15 and 54W TDP depending on cooling and design constraints.
Compared to its predecessor – the Ryzen Pro 8040 Series, Ryzen AI Pro 300 Series boast up to 50% more cores, 33% more GPU units, 33% larger total cache, and a 243% faster NPU. This is in addition to the IPC gains brought by the newer CPU and GPU architectures.
Leadership performance
Having up to 24 threads impressive in business notebook form, but what does that mean for performance? According to AMD, Ryzen AI 7 Pro 360 is 30% faster than Intel’s Core Ultra 7 165U vPro in Cinebench R24, with the Ryzen AI 9 HX Pro 375 pushing 40% ahead of the Core Ultra 7 165H vPro. The brand also claims up to 9% and 14% higher performance, respectively, in Procyon Office Productivity.
With that in mind, Ryzen AI Pro 300 Series should be as good as the regular Ryzen AI 300 lineup. Tier for tier, both share the same CPU and GPU core layouts, with Pro harnessing extra security features. In other words, if you don’t need the extra features available on the Pro Series, you will be just fine with the consumer-grade chips.
Security
With the target being enterprise clients, AMD has also focused extensively on security by including multi-layer protections based on both regular and AI-powered detection methods. These include AMD’s Memory Guard which helps protect sensitive data in the event of a lost or stolen PC, Cloud Bare Metal Recovery (cBMR) for OS recovery via the cloud, and Watch Dog Timer for extra resiliency and recovery.
Additionally, the company leverages the AI capabilities on hand to protect against phishing attacks which ironically have greatly improved thanks to AI.
AI at the ready
In addition to the extra layers of privacy and protection required by enterprise clients, this generation of Ryzen Pro also facilitates collaboration and creation thanks to its AI capabilities. This is possible thanks to its up to 55 TOPS of NPU performance – more if you supplement it with CPU and GPU power.
For instance, Microsoft’s Copilot+ AI assistant can help you sketch concepts easily regardless of your drawing skills, live translate other languages, and find things you worked on or saw earlier using its Recall feature. The latter is convenient if you juggle between many tasks at once.
If you are like me, you have probably been in a situation where you are sure of having worked or seen something yet can’t remember where exactly. With Recall, you can simply ask your AI assistant using natural language, and it will give you possible results found in your timeline. All of this without your data leaving your PC. You can learn more in this video.
Though very handy, Copilot+ isn’t the only one that leverages Ryzen’s integrated NPU. Just to name a few, DaVinci Resolve Studio allows you to apply visual effects to objects and people using NPU-accelerated Magic Mask, CapCut lets you remove backgrounds from videos, and djay Pro makes remixing music tracks a breeze.
AMD expects more than 100 platforms powered by Ryzen AI Pro chips through 2025, providing greater choice for professionals looking to upgrade their business laptops. The first of these should become available this month, so keep an eye open if you are interested in grabbing one.
