AMD challenges Nvidia: Gorgon Halo unveiled with 192GB of memory for AI
AMD is making a bold move to disrupt Nvidia's momentum. Just days before the Nvidia RTX Spark launch at Microsoft's October event, the company shared performance data for its new flagship, the Gorgon Halo (part of the Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 495 series). The standout feature is a massive 192GB memory pool, designed to run large-scale AI models that exceed the capabilities of standard hardware.
Memory as the Core Advantage
The primary focus of the announcement is memory capacity and bandwidth. With 192GB, the Gorgon Halo offers 50% more memory than a single Nvidia RTX Spark chip (or the AMD Strix Halo architecture). This massive capacity enables the system to handle AI models with up to 300 billion parameters, such as DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and MiMo V2.6 Flash RL.
Beyond capacity, AMD reports a performance bump in memory bandwidth, reaching 273 GB/s—a 6.5% increase over the 256 GB/s found in the Strix Halo generation. This bandwidth is crucial for text generation speeds, which are often limited by how quickly data can be moved from memory to the processor.
Technical Specs and Benchmarks
The Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 400 series serves as an evolution of the Strix Halo 300 series. While it retains the 16 Zen 5 CPU cores and 40 RDNA 3.5 GPU compute units (CUs), it features a 100MHz boost in both CPU and GPU clock speeds and significantly expanded memory addressing.
In its performance showcase, AMD compared the Gorgon Halo to the Intel Core Ultra X9 388H. The company claims the new flagship is between 1.1x and 32.2x faster in AI tasks. Specifically, it achieved up to 20 tokens per second on the 320-billion-parameter GLM 5.3 Flash model and 42 tokens per second on the 125-billion-parameter Qwen 3.8 Flash.
However, context is necessary: comparing a high-end AI chip to a consumer-grade Intel processor with a 64GB memory limit is an uneven comparison. Furthermore, historical data suggests that Nvidia's solutions, such as the DGX Spark, have previously outperformed similar AMD architectures in specific token generation tasks.
Pricing and Availability
The premium memory capacity comes with a premium price tag. Systems powered by Gorgon Halo, such as the Minisforum MS-S1 Max-P495 mini PC, are expected to cost $7,399. For mobile users, partners will release laptops like the HP ZBook Ultra G3a, priced at $7,449.
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