Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) has maintained a long head start in artificial intelligence (AI) chips, rapidly advancing to the forefront and solidifying its dominance as the primary driver of the AI revolution.

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 announced the latest version of its AI-powered PC chips designed for a variety of tasks, from gaming to content creation and multitasking.

Advanced Micro Devices Inc., aiming to make a dent in Nvidia Corp.’s stranglehold on the AI hardware market, announced a new chip for corporate data center use and talked up the attributes of a future generation of products for that market.

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.

Last year, AMD debuted its Ryzen AI Max chips as a way to create a single piece of silicon with powerful CPU cores, GPU cores, NPUs and integrated memory, similar to Apple's home-brewed chips. At the time, AMD VP Joe Macri also noted that the existence of Apple Silicon helped make the Ryzen AI Max chips possible.

Most chips you’ll see in laptops will max out with the Ryzen AI 7 450, an 8-core CPU with a 5.1GHz clock speed and 24MB cache with only a 50 TOPS NPU. Overall, it’s a subdued update to one of AMD’s most prevalent CPUs.

While the 9800X3D and this new 9850X3D aren't necessarily the most potent X3D processors — that title goes to the 9950X3D — they are the best gaming-focused chips. So, what's new with the 7850X3D? AMD bumped up the boost clock speed.