AMD's next-gen Ryzen AI 400 laptops could launch on January 22, five days ahead of Panther Lake — Gorgon Point release date leaks through early Asus listing in China

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AMD just unveiled its new mobile Ryzen AI 400 CPU lineup at CES just a few days ago and promised to release those products in first quarter of this year. Unlike a proper next-gen offering, Gorgon Point is for all intents and purposes just a refreshed Ryzen AI 300 series with minor tweaks. And now we know that it's coming perhaps even sooner than expected — on January 22 — according to a new etail listing in China.

Overall, the device looks impressive, but the processor is the interesting bit here. Despite being called the Ryzen AI "7" 445, this is AMD's first-ever Ryzen 7-branded SKU to deviate from an 8-core config. We're looking at a 6-core/12-thread SKU with a boost clock of 4.6 GHz, just 14 MB of L3 cache, 4 RDNA 3.5 Compute Units, and up to 50 TOPS of AI compute enabled by the XDNA 2 NPU.

Another bit of marketing material for an Asus adol 14 Air 2026 system, revealed by Chinese X user @realVictor_M, has surfaced with the same CPU on its spec sheet. The leaked material doesn't appear to show a launch date directly, but @realVictor_M claims the same January 22 release.

Intel has set Panther Lake systems to launch just five days after Ryzen AI 400's supposed release date, on January 27, which likely means that AMD doesn't want to compete head-to-head for the same release day. That only makes sense given what's likely to be a massive push on Intel's part.

AMD is also set to bring Ryzen AI 400 to desktop systems, replacing Ryzen 9000G as the company's new mainstream desktop APU family. The name change reflects the fact that this is the first time an NPU will be included on a desktop Ryzen processor. Intel hasn't yet announced new desktop processors for 2026, so AMD will at least have the niche of (somewhat) gaming-ready integrated graphics on the desktop to itself for the time being.

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Hassam Nasir
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13 Comments Comment from the forums
  • Gururu
    What does the AI stand for?
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  • User of Computers
    that would be a fairly significant improvement on AMD's usual laptop launch cadence which is something like product announcement --> wait 1-2Q --> designs in limited volumes
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  • LordVile
    Do people really upgrade laptops very quickly though? I’ve had the same one for nearly 5 years and have no desire to change it
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  • Neilbob
    Gururu said:
    What does the AI stand for?
    Absolutely Ineffectual.
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  • cyrusfox
    LordVile said:
    Do people really upgrade laptops very quickly though? I’ve had the same one for nearly 5 years and have no desire to change it
    yes, mostly due to wear and desire for better unplugged experience. I acquired a Lunar lake laptop last year and it has been great. I am good for the long haul but it doesn't mean I am not tempted by new tech, better display and performance. On the flip side, I have a 4700U Ryzen laptop that is 5+ years old, still does great (2-3 hour battery). From a need perspective, there is no need for an upgrade, but if I could find a Panther lake chip with either 10Xe or 12Xe that doesn't break the bank, I may upgrade again. Already have a stack of unused laptops at home, add another one to the pile...
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  • LordVile
    cyrusfox said:
    yes, mostly due to wear and desire for better unplugged experience. I acquired a Lunar lake laptop last year and it has been great. I am good for the long haul but it doesn't mean I am not tempted by new tech, better display and performance. On the flip side, I have a 4700U Ryzen laptop that is 5+ years old, still does great (2-3 hour battery). From a need perspective, there is no need for an upgrade, but if I could find a Panther lake chip with either 10Xe or 12Xe that doesn't break the bank, I may upgrade again. Already have a stack of unused laptops at home, add another one to the pile...
    I just got a MacBook when they swapped to Apple silicon and haven’t needed to think about an upgrade since. Performance on battery is the same as from the wall
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  • usertests
    "Launch" is a fuzzy word when it comes to laptops.

    You also don't want to be first in line to buy a new laptop unless you absolutely have to... and if you did, you would want something better than a refresh chip. You can pick up Strix and Krackan Point laptops on sale instead. Prices decline precipitously a year or two after laptops "launch" on the market.
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  • SomeoneElse23
    Here's hoping this is the beginning of the end of AI hype as there is a collective yawn about "AI in my laptop".
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  • rluker5
    Plot twist: they already launched last year.
    4d chess by AMD.
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  • bit_user
    User of Computers said:
    that would be a fairly significant improvement on AMD's usual laptop launch cadence which is something like product announcement --> wait 1-2Q --> designs in limited volumes
    Yeah, but this seems like it's basically just a drop-in replacement for the existing SKUs.

    usertests said:
    You also don't want to be first in line to buy a new laptop unless you absolutely have to... and if you did, you would want something better than a refresh chip.
    Wait, what? No, if it's so similar to the last gen, that's when I'd say it's safest to buy at launch! Virtually all of the drivers and software support should be exactly the same!

    usertests said:
    You can pick up Strix and Krackan Point laptops on sale instead. Prices decline precipitously a year or two after laptops "launch" on the market.
    True. I like to get good deals on the previous years' model, so long as it's not too much worse than the latest ones.
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