AMD is proud of its 3D V-Cache technology, so much so that we're now seeing it move to the company's mobile CPU family. For CES 2025, AMD announced the Ryzen 9 9955HX3D, which is quite the mouthful and has the highest cache on any AMD mobile chip. As well as some new AMD Ryzen 9000 series mobile processors, AMD also announced AMD Ryzen AI 300, Ryzen AI Max, Ryzen 200, and Ryzen Z2 chips. There's almost enough chips here for a classic British staple takeaway meal. The highlight of the show is the mighty AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D, which is where our coverage begins.

New AMD Ryzen 9000 mobile CPUs

Joining the AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D is the 9955HX and 9850HX. All three are designed for more powerful laptops with beefy cooling solutions and large power packs. The AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D is powered by 16 Zen 5 cores and 32 threads, can boost up to 5.4 GHz under the right conditions, has 144 MB of 3D V-Cache (more than many desktop-class CPUs), and a TDP of 54 W. Next up is the slightly less-equipped Ryzen 9 9955HX with the same specs aside from 80 MB of normal cache. Finally, we have the 12-core Ryzen 9 9850HX with a max boost speed of 5.2 GHz, 76 MB of cache, and the same TDP.

We'll eagerly wait to get our hands on laptops with the 9955HX3D and 9955HX to see how much of a difference that extra 64 MB of cache makes to gaming (and everything else you do on a notebook).

More powerful AMD AI chips

If you thought 2025 would be the end of the AI PC, you'll need to think again as AMD just outed many more SKUs for laptop makers to include in lighter and longer-lasting portable systems. We've already seen what the AMD Ryzen AI 9 series can do, as well as the Ryzen AI 7 Pro 360, but AMD has now rounded out the catalog with eight AI and AI Max chips, bringing the total to 11. Today, AMD announced the AI Max, AI Max+, Ryzen AI 7 350, Ryzen AI 5 340, Ryzen AI 7 Pro 350, and Ryzen AI 5 Pro 340. The latter four AI chips offer the same TOPS performance and have an identical TDP, but you'll find different cores, threads, clock speeds, and cache throughout.

AI Max and AI Max+ processors offer more cache, better graphics, and a higher configurable TDP. These are considerably more powerful than all other Ryzen AI CPUs. Flagship Copilot+ hardware will use AMD Ryzen AI Max and Max+ processors, premium systems will be powered by AMD Ryzen AI 9, and everything else will use AMD Ryzen AI 7 and AI 5 SKUs. The AMD Ryzen AI 7 and Ryzen AI 5 CPUs will launch in Q1 2025, followed by the AMD Ryzen AI 7 Pro and Ryzen 5 Pro CPUs in Q2 2025. AI Max and AI Max+ will launch in Q1 through Q2 2025. Still with me?

But wait, there's more!

You thought we were done with the Ryzen AI product stack? Not quite as AMD also launched 7 new Ryzen 200 series processors with an emphasis on trusted performance and enhanced battery life, an onboard NPU for everyday AI applications, and similar price points for mainstream hardware. There are Pro versions of the AMD Ryzen 7 250, Ryzen 5 230, Ryzen 5 220, and Ryzen 3 210. All of these 200-series AMD Ryzen CPUs will be ready in Q2 2025.