AMD appears to be working on a refreshed version of its Ryzen AI MAX 400 family, codenamed “Gorgon Halo”. According to recent leaks by VideoCardz, this next-gen refresh targets faster performance for Ryzen-powered machines, especially those focused on AI workloads and integrated graphics.
The rumored Gorgon Halo series would essentially be a clock-bumped iteration of the current Strix Halo-branded processors, with the same core counts but higher boost speeds on both the CPU and Radeon iGPU sides. Additionally, it’ll also add support for faster LPDDR5X-8533 memory to further improve responsiveness and performance under AI-heavy workloads.
What the Gorgon Halo refresh could bring
Leaked specifications from VideoCardz show that the flagship of the lineup, the Ryzen AI MAX+ 495, could feature 16 cores and 32 threads, a base clock around 3.1 GHz, and a peak boost clock up to 5.2 GHz on the CPU, with the integrated Radeon 8060S GPU clocked at around 3.0 GHz. Those figures represent around a 100 MHz bump over the predecessors in the Strix Halo family, suggesting incremental but meaningful speed gains for both general tasks and graphics-assisted AI workloads.
| Gorgon Halo | ||||||
| Processor | CPU Cores | Cache | CPU Boost | Graphics | GPU Boost | NPU |
| AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 495 (NEW) | 16 / 32 | 80 MB | 5.2 GHz | AMD Radeon 8060S | 3.0 GHz | TBC |
| AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 492 (NEW) | 12 / 24 | 76 MB | 5.0 GHz | AMD Radeon 8060S | 2.9 GHz | TBC |
| AMD Ryzen AI Max 490 (NEW) | 12 / 24 | 76 MB | 5.0 GHz | AMD Radeon 8050S | 2.9 GHz | TBC |
| AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 488 (NEW) | 8 / 16 | 40 MB | 5.0 GHz | AMD Radeon 8050S | 2.9 GHz | TBC |
| AMD Ryzen AI Max 485 (NEW) | 8 / 16 | 40 MB | 5.0 GHz | AMD Radeon 8060S | 2.8 GHz | TBC |
| Strix Halo | ||||||
| Processor | CPU Cores | Cache | CPU Boost | Graphics | GPU Boost | NPU |
| AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 | 16 / 32 | 80 MB | 5.1 GHz | AMD Radeon 8060S | 2.9 GHz | 50 TOPS |
| AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 392 (NEW) | 12 / 24 | 76 MB | 5.0 GHz | AMD Radeon 8060S | 2.9 GHz | 50 TOPS |
| AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 | 12 / 24 | 76 MB | 5.0 GHz | AMD Radeon 8050S | 2.8 GHz | 50 TOPS |
| AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 388 (NEW) | 8 / 16 | 40 MB | 5.0 GHz | AMD Radeon 8060S | 2.9 GHz | 50 TOPS |
| AMD Ryzen AI Max 385 | 8 / 16 | 40 MB | 5.0 GHz | AMD Radeon 8050S | 2.8 GHz | 50 TOPS |
Beyond the flagship, the rest of the rumored Gorgon Halo lineup, including models like the Ryzen AI MAX+ 492, Ryzen AI MAX 490, Ryzen AI MAX+ 488, and Ryzen AI MAX 485, would follow a similar pattern. They’ll match the core and thread counts of existing parts, but with modest clock boosts and potentially faster memory access, thanks to the support for LPDDR5X-8533. This faster memory standard could enhance overall system responsiveness and ensure AI engines have quicker access to data.
From a hardware architecture perspective, these parts are expected to retain the Zen 5 CPU cores and RDNA 3.5 integrated graphics designs seen in the current lineup, meaning the Gorgon Halo refresh doesn’t reinvent the wheel but rather tunes it for better performance. The leaks also hint that NPU (neural processing unit) speeds might be increased slightly, though exact figures haven’t been confirmed.
Should these leaks prove accurate, the Gorgon Halo refresh could arrive later in 2026, giving consumers more reasons to consider Ryzen-powered AI Max machines with better integrated AI and graphics performance. With Intel’s competing Core Ultra Series 3 chips already announced, this refresh would help AMD keep pace in the increasingly AI-centric PC space.
