AMD has officially launched its Ryzen AI Halo AI PC, which offers super-fast token throughput at a $3999 price point.
AMD Challenges DGX Spark With Its Strix Halo-Equipped Ryzen AI Halo "AI PC" That Costs $679 US Lower
The first AMD Ryzen AI Halo platforms are now available on retail, and are listed at the official MSRP of $3999. These systems pack the Ryzen AI MAX+ 395 SoC, 128 GB of memory, and lots of AI horsepower within a compact form factor that challenges NVIDIA's DGX Spark at a much lower price point. You can head over to the following links to purchase the Ryzen AI Halo PC:
Ryzen AI Halo (1st Gen) Specs
The AMD Ryzen AI Halo developer platform launching this June will be based on the Ryzen AI MAX 300 family, codenamed Strix Halo, which has seen some major adoption in the past few months, from laptops to handhelds and Mini PCs; it's entering every consumer PC segment. These high-performance and premium SoCs offer amazing performance thanks to their Zen 5 CPU, RDNA 3.5 GPU, and XDNA 2 NPU architectures. The Ryzen AI Halo combines these SoCs in a small form factor for developers and SFF AI users.
AMD's Ryzen AI Halo is based on the flagship Strix Halo SoC, the Ryzen AI MAX+ 395, which features 16 cores, 32 threads based on the Zen 5 architecture, the Radeon 8060S iGPU with 40 RDNA 3.5 cores, a 50 TOPS XDNA 2 NPU, and a TDP of up to 120W. The PC will be equipped with 128 GB LPDDR5X-8000 RAM and 2 TB of PCIe Gen4x4 storage.
In addition to that, the platform itself measures just 5.9" x 5.9" x 1.7", making it ultra-compact and shorter than Apple's Mac Mini Pro (M4). It comes with 3 USB Type-C ports, including one for power input, Wi-Fi 7, BT 5.4, 10 Gbps Ethernet, and HDMI 2.1b.
The Software Stack
The Ryzen AI Halo Mini PC will feature full AMD ROCm Support, including the newly released ROCm 7.2.2 suite, will be optimized for Dev-Ready applications such as LM Studio, ComfyUI, VS Code, and More, will enable optimizations for several models, including GPT-OSS, FLUX.2, SDXL, and More, and it will carry Day 0 support for leading AI models.
Tackles NVIDIA DGX Spark & Apple Mac Mini M4 Pro
AMD compares the Ryzen AI Halo Mini PC against two competitors: DGX Spark from NVIDIA and Mac Mini M4 Pro from Apple.
Versus the DGX Spark, AMD claims the Ryzen AI Halo offers wider OS support, leadership LLM Token value, and includes an NPU rated at 50 TOPS. The company also showcases some AI numbers against DGX Spark, which are listed below:
- +7% GPT OSS Tokens/s (120B)
- +12% Qwen 3.5 Tokens/s (122B)
- +4% Qwen 3.6 Tokens/s (35B)
- +14% GLM 4.7 Tokens/s (30B)
Compared to the Apple Mac Mini, the Ryzen AI Halo offers twice the max memory config as the M4 Pro, can run up to 200B models, whereas the Mac Mini can't go beyond 100B models, and offers broader Gen AI capabilities. AMD states that the AI Halo is on average 4x faster than the M4 Mac Mini Pro.
How Does It Pay For Itself, & What's The Actual Token Cost
One of the biggest advantages highlighted by AMD for its Ryzen AI Halo is its higher token value and its ability to pay for itself.
AMD states that not every agent and workflow needs a frontier model, and most of the grunt work can be shifted to local instead of the cloud. Developers running localized AI can save up to $750 USD per month when switching from Cloud-based AI.
For example, with AMD Ryzen AI Halo, you will pay the initial $3999 price, followed by a $16.2 monthly electricity cost, which is measured at a sustained 150W draw (cited as a nightmare case).
Meanwhile, the AI Cloud services net you roughly $750 per month, assuming up to 31 Million Tokens (8 hours/day) at 36 Tokens/s or up to 385 Million Tokens (8 hours/day) assuming 446 Tokens/s.
Given this math, AMD's Ryzen AI Halo will be able to Break Even in just 6 months, and the total bill after 3 years will be roughly $ 4,500- $ 4,600, versus cloud services, for which you'll be paying over $25K.
Gorgon Halo Upgrade Coming In Q3
Following the pre-orders of the Ryzen AI Halo (Ryzen AI MAX+ 395) in June 2026 for $3999, AMD is also going to introduce an updated variant with its Ryzen AI MAX+ 495 SoCs around Q3 2026, which will come packed with even more capabilities and 192 GB of memory, enabling 300B+ model support.
As for the price itself, it is competitive against the NVIDIA DGX Spark, which costs $4679 right now, but at the same time, there are several Ryzen AI MAX+ Mini PCs with similar configurations that come in at a lower price. Regardless, the AMD Ryzen AI MAX SoCs are superb, and we have our own review here that proves this.
About the author: A Software Engineer by training and a PC enthusiast by passion, Hassan Mujtaba serves as Wccftech's Senior Editor for hardware section. With years of experience in the industry, he specializes in deep-dive technical analysis of next-generation CPU and GPU architectures, motherboards, and cooling solutions. His work involves not only breaking news on upcoming technologies but also extensive hands-on reviews and benchmarking.
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