AMD Strix Halo laptops- complete list, best options (Ryzen AI Max+ 395, Max+ 398, Max+ 388)

In this article, we’re discussing laptops and devices built on the AMD Strix Halo laptop hardware, or the so-called AMD Ryzen AI Max platform.

Ryzen AI Max hardware is unique among the mobile platforms available today, as it pairs a powerful processor built on AMD’s latest-to-date Zen5 cores with a massive integrated graphics chip, with as many as 40 AMD RDNA3.5 Compute Units. There’s no other such chip available out there with this sort of iGPU, while on the CPU side, only the highest-tier Ryzen HX and Core HX/Core Ultra HX SKUs offer similar levels of performance.

Nonetheless, the Ryzen AI Max hardware is meant as a standalone platform, with the AMD chip handling both compute and graphics processing. That’s unlike AMD’s Strix Point and Fire Range hardware, which is mostly paired with dedicated graphics from Nvidia, including RTX 5000 Blackwell chips for devices launched in 2025/2026.

Down below, in the first part of the article, we’ll go through the particularities of this AMD Strix Halo hardware, and projections on performance in actual tasks and games based on out benchmarks and tests.

In the second part of the article we’ll list all laptops and devices built on this AI Max Ryzen hardware, and specifically point out those that primarily stand out as the best Ryzen AI Max implementations with their format, features, or potential capabilities.

AMD Strix Halo Ryzen AI Max APU lineup

These are the Ryzen AI Max APUs that will be implemented in devices this year, with Pro and non-Pro variants for most SKUs. The Pros are meant for business/enterprise notebooks, while the others are for regular implementations. I’ve also included the Strix Point Ryzen 9 AI 370 in the table, to showcase the differences between the two platforms.

Note: As of early 2026, several new Strix Halo processors were announced, combining fewer CPU cores with the top Radeon 8060S iGPU with 40 CUs. Those are the Ryzen AI Max+ 392 (12C/24T CPU) and the Ryzen AI Max+ 388 (8C/16T CPU).

As mentioned earlier, all you should mostly need to know is that AMD Strix hardware is all about pairing a powerful processor with an integrated graphics chip unlike anything offered before, for a unified solution. Of course, the performance differs significantly between the flagship Ryzen AI Max+ 395 and the bottom-tier Ryzen AI Max Pro 380, with a solid middle grounder in the Ryzen AI Max 385 that I’m specifically looking at seeing in action.

As far as that Ryzen AI Max+ 395 goes, expect graphics performance somewhere between a mid-powered RTX 4060 and 4070. This AMD hardware works best at around 70-80W, so the GPU performance is compared to a 4060/4070 at the wattage as well. Nonetheless, that’s impressive for an iGPU and 2.5-3x what something like a Radeon 890M can offer, or at least 2x what’s offered on Intel’s side by the Arrow Lake Core Ultra 200H chips with the faster Arc 140T iGPU.

But you should be aware that this Ryzen AI hardware can run at between 45-120W cTDP, and that means its actual capabilities are going to vary significantly between implementations. A more portable laptop chassis won’t offer the same potential as a beefier implementation.

A detailed look into the Ryzen AIs Max+ 395 platform at 35W to 80W of power between power modes is available in our review of the ROG Flow Z13, over here.

Nonetheless, I am interested in how well this platform is going to scale down at lower power levels. Strix Point does very well, especially on the iGPU side, where the Radeon 890M at 20W still scores roughly 75-80% of its full potential at 45+W. But with these Ryzen AI Max SKUs and Radeon 8000 graphics, the differences are going to be most likely bigger.

Memory is an interesting aspect of this platform as well, with support for up to 128GB of very fast LPPDDR5x, out of which 96 GB can be allocated to the GPU. Most configurations will get 32 GB of RAM, though, with up to 24 GB that can be put towards the iGPU. That’s still plenty and allows potential Strix Halo laptops to be versatile performers in applications that benefit from vRAM, including AI applications where you will be able to load bigger and more advanced models on something like this than on regular devices of this size.

Compared to AMD’s Strix Point hardware, which is implemented in quite a few thin-and-light designs either standalone or paired with Nvidia dGPUs, the Strix Halo APUs have a potential advantage in CPU processing power and a potential disadvantage in efficiency, since the platform doesn’t include any Zen5c cores, which should affect battery runtimes in comparison. GPU performance, on the other hand, is the real question here, especially in portable implementations that can’t physically get Nvidia graphics. That’s if they’ll exist at all since the Ryzen AI Max APU is physically much larger than the regular chips normally implemented in mobile devices, which raises the question of motherboard design and cooling on a potential portable Strix Halo computers.

For a deeper look at the AMD platforms available for 2025 devices, I suggest going over this dedicated article on AMD Strix Point, Strix Halo, Krackan or Fire Range.

At the end of the day, objectively looking past the hype of having a unified AMD platform with these specs, the success of Strix Halo is up to the actual products that will implement the hardware. Format and pricing are going to play a major role in steering potential buyers towards this platform over the multitude of others available out there, especially later in the year once the mid-tier RTX 5000 dGPUs get out.

So far, there are very few actual products announced on this hardware, so we’ll see what we’ll actually get later in the year. And those few announced are expensive.

Complete list of AMD Strix Halo laptops (up to Ryzen AI Max+ 395)

This section lists all available/launched devices built on this Ryzen AI Max 300 hardware, although very few have been announced so far; but stay around for updates as new ones are released.

So far, the ROG Flow Z13 gaming tablet from Asus stole all thunders, as the only real product showcasing the platform at CES as an early working prototype that ran some games such as Black Myth: Wukong. The final products are coming later in the year, so stay around, we’ll have our reviews and coverage ready once allowed by embargos. What you should keep in mind is that the 2025 ROG Flow Z13 is a mid-range implementation of this hardware, with upwards of 80W sustained TDP, and that’s despite its compact size, due to the tablet format and highly advanced cooling. It’s going to cost north of 2k USD and 2.5K EUR in the Max 395+ version.

HP also quietly launched a Strix Halo ZBook Ultra 14 mobile workstation, with a premium and fairly compact 14-inch notebook format, a potential excellent allrounder in a top-tier traditional chassis. However, I’d only expect a mid-powered implementation of the AMD hardware in this chassis, and with some truly hefty prices of many thousands of dollars for the higher-tier configurations, given past experience with existing ZBooks.

Update: I’ve also included some of the few mini-PC and gaming handheld formats announced or available with Strix Halo hardware.

Update2: There’s something called the AIM Max+ laptop mentioned around, with a potential launch around October 2025. It’s 16-inch chassis with a 2.5K matte IPS display, up to a Ryzen AI Max+ 395, 32 GB of RAM, 2x SSD slots and a 80Wh battery with a 230W charger. It’s supposedly aiming at being as affordable as it gets. I’ll add it to the main list once this materializes, I’m not sure whether this is actually going to be a real product or not.

We’re updating the list as it goes.

That’s about it for this article.

I’ll update it as new AMD Strix Halo designs are announced and as we get to test other implementations as well.

In the meantime, I’d love to hear your thoughts on the hardware, your expectations, and what the AMD Strix Halo platform could mean for the laptop space over the following months.

The article AMD Strix Halo laptops- complete list, best options (Ryzen AI Max+ 395, Max+ 398, Max+ 388) appeared first on .