While Nvidia revealed the much-anticipated GeForce RTX 50 GPUs and GB10 Superchip, Intel, AMD and Qualcomm announced new processors designed for Copilot+ PCs at various price points and performance levels among many other PC chip announcements at CES 2025.

The world’s largest chip designers heralded new waves of laptops, desktops and workstations—many with varying degrees of AI capabilities—coming to the market this year with a wide range of CPU and GPU announcements made at CES 2025 this week.

When it came to the PC market, Intel, Nvidia, AMD and Qualcomm announced a total of 15 new chip products and lineups, many of which were on the system-on-chip side with a CPU, GPU and, in some cases, a neural processing unit (NPU) on the same package.

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While most of the chips are mainly aimed at Windows PCs, Nvidia stood out by announcing a shrunk-down version of its Grace Blackwell Superchip, announced last year for AI data centers, for a small-form-factor, Linux-based desktop PC aimed at AI developers.

As for Intel, AMD and Qualcomm, all three companies announced new processors designed for Copilot+ PCs at various price points and performance levels.

At the top of the spectrum was AMD’s all-new Ryzen AI Max series. In the middle, Intel announced it was bringing its Core Ultra 200V processors to commercial laptops while AMD revealed new mid-range Ryzen AI 300 chips for consumer and commercial PCs. Then there was Qualcomm, which announced the entry-level Snapdragon X for $600-range Copilot+ PCs.

While these chips came with integrated graphics of various performance levels, Nvidia and AMD also used CES 2025 to announce new discrete GPUs, with the former revealing its much-anticipated GeForce RTX 50 series for desktops and laptops.

There were many other chips announced, mainly CPUs at different levels of performance from Intel and AMD for consumer- and commercial-focused laptops and desktops.

What follows are details of the 15 PC chips that Intel, Nvidia, AMD and Qualcomm announced at CES 2025, ranging from Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 50 series and GB10 Superchip, to Intel’s Core 200V CPUs, to AMD’s Ryzen AI Max series, to Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X.

Nvidia: GeForce RTX 50 GPUs For Desktops, Laptops

Nvidia revealed its much-anticipated GeForce RTX 50 GPUs for desktops and laptops, relying on the same Blackwell architecture at the center of its new AI data center chips to bring forth PC advancements in graphics, content creation and productivity.

While the company positioned the GPUs as a significant upgrade for PC gamers—promising up to two times faster graphics performance than the previous generation when using the AI-powered DLSS 4 image upscaling feature—it is also hoping to lure AI developers and content creators with a bevy of new hardware and software capabilities.

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The RTX 50 GPUs provide up to 32 GB of GDDR7 memory, a boost from the 24 GB of GDDR6X memory from the RTX 40 series. In addition to sporting fifth-gen Tensor Cores, the GPUs also have new fourth-gen RT Cores as well as a streaming multiprocessor that “has been updated with more processing throughput and a tighter integration with the Tensor Cores in order to optimize the performance of neural shaders,” according to Nvidia.

The flagship GPU in the series, the RTX 5090, is made up of 92 billion transistors and comes with 21,760 CUDA cores, up from 76 billion transistors and 16,385 CUDA cores of its predecessor, the RTX 4090, which debuted in 2022 using the Ada Lovelace architecture. The GPU’s boost and base clock frequencies are 2.41GHz and 2.01GHz, respectively, which are lower than the 2.52GHz and 2.23GHz clock speeds of the RTX 4090.

On the desktop side, the flagship GPU, the 32-GB GeForce RTX 5090, will cost $1,999 when it becomes available along with the $999, 16-GB GeForce RTX 5080 on Jan. 30. The $749, 16-GB GeForce RTX 5070 Ti and $549, 12-GB GeForce RTX 5070 will become available in February. The GPUs will be available from Nvidia and add-in board partners as well as in desktops from system builders such as Falcon Northwest and Maingear.

Laptops equipped with RTX 5090, RTX 5080 and RTX 5070 Ti GPUs will debut in March while laptops with the RTX 5070 will launch in the following month from several OEMs, including Acer, Asus, Dell Technologies, HP Inc., Lenovo and MSI.

Nvidia: GB10 Superchip For Project Digits Desktop PC

Nvidia revealed a desktop PC that uses a shrunk-down version of its Grace Blackwell Superchip for developers who are working on large AI models.

Called Project Digits, the small-form-factor desktop PC is a custom design by Nvidia that uses the company’s newly disclosed GB10 Grace Blackwell Superchip, which contains a 20-core, Arm-based Grace CPU and Blackwell GPU capable of 1 petaflop of AI computing performance with the 4-bit floating point (FP4) format. By contrast, the Blackwell-based B200 GPU for data centers is capable of up to 20 petaflops of FP4 compute.

Nvidia said the PC, which it calls an AI supercomputer, is capable of supporting up to 200-billion-parameter large language models for prototyping, fine-tuning and inference. It runs on the Linux-based Nvidia DGX operating system, and it allows developers to deploy models “seamlessly” on the Nvidia DGX Cloud supercomputing service.

The Project Digits computer also comes with 128 GB of unified, coherent memory as well as up to 4 TB of NVMe storage and Nvidia ConnectX networking, which enables two Project Digits computers to connect to run models as large as 405 billion parameters.

Project Digits is expected to become available in May from Nvidia and top partners starting at $3,000. Taiwanese chip designer MediaTek aided with the GB10’s design.

Intel: Core Ultra 200V CPUs For Commercial Laptops

Intel said that its Core Ultra 200V processors will become available in commercial laptops starting this month, promising to beat competing chips from AMD and Qualcomm in multiple areas, including battery life and a variety of AI workloads.

The semiconductor giant announced that the Core Ultra 200V series, previously code-named Lunar Lake, will go into more than 30 commercial thin-and-light laptop designs from over 10 OEMS, including Lenovo, HP Inc. and Dell Technologies.

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These PCs will also come with Intel’s vPro management and security platform, which will support new security capabilities from ISVs ranging from CrowdStrike to TrendMicro as well as new integrations with Microsoft Intune, Omnissa and other PC management tools.

Intel is promoting the Core Ultra 200V processors, which debuted in consumer laptops last fall, for “next-gen AI PC” experiences.

The company said these experiences will include AI applications and features from more than 200 ISVs as well as Microsoft’s Copilot+ PC features. However, while the Core Ultra 200V chips meet Microsoft’s Copilot+ PC technical requirements, the features are only available to Windows Insider Community testers for now.

The Core Ultra 200V processors feature four performance cores, four low-power efficiency cores, eight GPU cores based on Intel’s Xe2 architecture and 32GB of on-package memory in a power envelope that can be configured from 8 watts to 30 watts. The NPU can perform up to 48 trillion operations per second.

For connectivity, the chips support Intel Wi-Fi 7 with wireless speeds up to five times faster than the previous generation, Intel Thunderbolt 4 with up to 40 Gbps of bandwidth that can be used for PC-to-PC sharing, among other things, and Intel Bluetooth 5.4.

Intel: Core Ultra 200U CPUs For Laptops

Intel announced the Core Ultra 200U processors for thin-and-light laptops, promising to “give users a great balance of performance, power efficiency and price.”

Based on the same Arrow Lake microarchitecture as the Core Ultra 200S chips for desktops, the Core Ultra 200U series features up to two performance cores, eight efficiency cores, Intel Xe LPG graphics and up to 24 trillion operations per second (TOPS) across the system-on-chip’s CPU, GPU and neural processing unit.

These processors have a base power ranging from 10 to 28 watts, and they do not meet the NPU performance requirement for Microsoft’s Copilot+ PC program.

Laptops with Core Ultra 200U processors will debut in February.

Intel: Core Ultra 200H CPUs For Laptops

Intel revealed the Core Ultra 200H processors for performance thin-and-light laptops, vowing to deliver “industry-leading performance, efficiency and platform capabilities alongside a landmark reduction on power usage.”

More than 100 laptop designs are expected to use the Core Ultra 200H processors, with availability beginning in February.

Based on the same Arrow Lake microarchitecture as the Core Ultra 200S chips for desktops, the Core Ultra 200H series features up to six performance cores, eight efficiency cores, two low-power efficiency cores and a 5.4GHz maximum clock speed. It includes built-in Intel Arc graphics with up to eight Xe cores featuring Intel Xe Matrix Extensions for AI acceleration and the AI-based XeSS 2 image upscaling.

With a neural processing unit (NPU) capable of performing 13 trillion operations per second (TOPS), the Core Ultra 200H chips can hit a maximum of 99 TOPS across the entire platform. However, these processors do not meet the NPU performance requirement for Microsoft’s Copilot+ PC program.

Other features include support for LPDDR5X memory, Intel Wi-Fi 7, 20 lanes of PCIe 5.0 and four lanes of PCIe 4.0. The chips also come with integrated Thunderbolt 4 support and discrete Thunderbolt 5 support.

Intel said the flagship chip, the Core Ultra 9 285H, provides up to 21 percent greater performance per watt than the last-generation Core Ultra 9 185H. It claimed that the processor also exceeds AMD’s Ryzen AI 9 365 and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite X1E-80-100 across the performance-per-watt curve.

These processors have a base power ranging from 28 to 45 watts.

Intel: Core Ultra 200HX CPUs For Performance Notebooks

Intel showed off the Core Ultra 200HX CPUs for performance notebooks, requiring more energy to provide the highest performance possible.

More than 40 laptop designs from Lenovo, Acer, MSI and other OEMs are expected to use the Core Ultra 200HX processors, with availability expected in the first half of the year.

Based on the same Arrow Lake microarchitecture as the Core Ultra 200S chips for desktops, the Core Ultra 200HX series features up to eight performance cores, 16 efficiency cores and a 5.5GHz maximum clock speed. Designed for laptops with discrete GPUs, the chips come with up to four Xe GPU cores.

With a neural processing unit (NPU) capable of performing 13 trillion operations per second (TOPS), these processors do not meet the NPU performance requirement for Microsoft’s Copilot+ PC program.

Other features include support for DDR5 memory, 20 lanes of PCIe 5.0 and four lanes of PCIe 4.0. The chips also come with integrated Thunderbolt 4 and Intel Wi-Fi 6E support as well as discrete Thunderbolt 5 and Intel Wi-Fi 7 support.

Intel claimed that the flagship chip, the Core Ultra 9 285HX, provides up to 50 percent greater performance per watt, up to two times faster multi-threaded performance and over four times faster content creation performance than Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite X1E-84-100 processor. The company also said the chip is up to 23 percent faster on average for science and simulation workloads than AMD’s Ryzen 7945HX.

These processors have a base power of 55 watts or higher.

Intel: Core Ultra 200S CPUs For Desktops

Intel announced new 65-watt and 35-watt models for its Core Ultra 200S desktop lineup.

These processors include the 65-watt Core Ultra 9 285, which features eight performance cores, 16 efficiency cores and a maximum 5.6GHz frequency. These are also the 20-core, 5.3GHz Core Ultra 7 265 and 14-core, 5.1GHz Core Ultra 5 245.

These chips will become available through retailers and OEMs starting next week.

More broadly, Intel said the entire lineup of Core Ultra 200S processors will debut in commercial desktops starting this month.

Initially launched last fall, the Core Ultra 200S processors are based on the Arrow Lake microarchitecture, featuring a neural processing unit (NPU) that is capable of 13 trillion operations per second (TOPS), which does not meet Microsoft’s Copilot+ PC requirement.

AMD: Ryzen AI Max CPUs For Laptops, Workstations

AMD revealed the Ryzen AI Max series as a new category of processors that it said will bring AI PCs to the next level and beat top chips from Intel, Apple and Nvidia in key areas.

The Ryzen AI Max series is meant to act as the “halo” product line in AMD’s family of processors for Microsoft’s Copilot+ PCs and is set to provide significant enhancements over the top Ryzen AI 300 chips from last year, ranging from increased core counts to a new unified, coherent memory architecture, according to AMD.

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Set to debut in the first half of this year, the Ryzen AI Max series will appear in upcoming Copilot+ PCs such as the HP ZBook Ultra G1A mobile workstation, the HP Z2 Mini G1a mini desktop workstation and Asus ROG Flow Z13 gaming 2-in-1, according to AMD.

The Ryzen AI Max series consists of four models, the top three of which will have options for a consumer version. All four models, on the other hand, have a commercial version that comes with AMD’s Ryzen Pro management and security features.

With up to 16 Zen 5 cores, the Ryzen AI Max series increases the maximum core count by four while upping the number of XDNA 3.5 GPU cores by 16 to a maximum of 40 compute units compared to the flagship Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 that debuted last year.

The lowest-end chip in the Ryzen AI Max series comes with six cores, 12 threads, a maximum clock boost of 4.9GHz and 16 graphics cores.

Meanwhile, the lineup’s XDNA 2 NPU (neural processing unit) is capable of up to 50 trillion operations per second (TOPS) across all models. This is slightly under the 55 TOPS maximum that is possible with the Ryzen AI 9 HX 375.

The CPU, GPU and NPU are tied together with a new “unified, coherent memory architecture” that allows the PC to allocate up to 96GB of system memory for the GPU, according to Tikoo. This is boosted by a memory bandwidth of 256 GB/s, which AMD called “unprecedented in any x86 mobile device.”

In handpicked comparisons to chips from Intel, Apple and Nvidia, the flagship Ryzen AI Max+ 395 was shown by AMD to perform better by varying degrees across benchmarks for 3-D rendering, graphics and running inference for large language models.

AMD: Ryzen AI 300 CPUs For Laptops

AMD announced new mid-range models in the Ryzen AI 300 series it debuted last year for next-generation AI PCs that will meet Microsoft’s Copilot+ PC requirements.

The new processors consist of two consumer models and two commercial models across the Ryzen 7 and Ryzen 5 performance tiers.

These include the Ryzen AI 7 Pro 350, which features eight cores, 16 threads, a maximum boost frequency of 5GHz and an NPU capable of performing as many as 50 trillion operations per second in a power envelope ranging from 15 to 54 watts.

AMD claimed that the 350 model is 35 percent faster on average than Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Plus X1P-42-100 and 30 percent faster on average than Intel’s Core Ultra 7 258V across nine applications that measure multi-tasking.

The consumer models will debut in consumer laptops in the first quarter while the commercial models will launch in the second quarter.

AMD: Ryzen 200 CPUs For Laptops

AMD revealed the Ryzen 200 series processors for laptops that balance performance and battery life at “great price points for the mainstream.”

This lineup consists of seven models, four of which have options for commercial versions loaded with the company’s suite of AMD Pro management and security features.

The consumer-focused Ryzen 200 series feature up to eight cores, a 5.2GHz maximum boost frequency and a neural processing unit (NPU) capable of up to 16 trillion operations per second in a power envelope ranging from 35 to 54 watts.

The commercial models feature up to eight cores, a 5.1GHz maximum boost frequency and a 16-TOPS NPU in a power envelope ranging from 15-30 watts.

None of the processors meet the NPU performance requirement for Microsoft’s Copilot+ PC program. The two lowest-tier models do not have an NPU.

The Ryzen 200 series is expected to debut in laptops in the second quarter.

AMD: Ryzen 9 9900X3D CPUs For Desktops

AMD announced the Ryzen 9 9950X3D CPU for desktops, calling it the “world’s best processor for gamers and creators.”

The CPU features 16 cores, a max boost frequency of 5.7GHz and a total cache of 144 MB, which is made possible by AMD’s second-generation V-Cache technology. The processor’s thermal design power (TDP) is 170 watts.

AMD said the 9950X3D is 20 percent faster on average than Intel’s Core Ultra 9 285K and 8 percent faster on average than its last-generation Ryzen 9 7950X3D across 40 games.

The company claimed the chip is also 10 percent faster on average than the Core Ultra 9 285K and 13 percent faster on average than its last-generation Ryzen 9 7950X3D across 20 content creation applications.

In addition, AMD announced the Ryzen 9 9900X3D, which features 12 cores, a maximum boost frequency of 5.5GHz and a total cache of 140 MB with a 120-watt TDP.

Both CPUs are expected to become available in the first quarter.

AMD: Ryzen 9 9000HX CPUs For Laptops

AMD announced three Ryzen 9 9000HX CPUs for laptops, including a cache-rich model it called the “world’s best gaming and content creation mobile processor.”

The flagship model, the Ryzen 9955HX3D, features 16 cores, a maximum boost frequency of 5.4GHz and a total cache of 144 MB, which is made possible by AMD’s second-generation V-Cache technology. The other two models do not have V-Cache.

The processors are expected to become available in the first quarter.

AMD: Radeon RX 9070 GPUs For Desktops

AMD revealed the Radeon RX 9070 series GPUs for desktops, saying that they will go head-to-head with Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 4070 graphics chips.

The RX 9070 XT and RX 9060 graphics cards are expected to become available in the first quarter. Pricing was not disclosed.

AMD said the GPUs are based on its new RDNA 4 architecture, which features optimized compute units, second-generation AI accelerators, third-generation ray tracing accelerators and a second-generation AMD Radiance Display Engine.

RDNA 4 will support AMD’s new machine learning-powered FidelityFx Super Resolution 4 image upscaling technology, which will enable “high-quality 4K upscaling,” it said.

More information is expected later this quarter.

AMD: Ryzen Z2 CPUs For Handheld PC Systems

AMD announced the Ryzen Z2 series processors, promising to deliver the “ultimate experience for handheld PC gaming.”

These processors are designed to deliver “console-class gaming” with hours of battery life in handheld PC gaming systems made by companies such as Lenovo and Asus.

Consisting of three models, the lineup features up to eight cores, a maximum boost frequency of 5.1GHz, a 24 MB cache and 16 graphics cores with a configurable thermal design power ranging from 15 to 35 watts.

The Ryzen Z2 series is set to debut in systems in the first quarter.

Qualcomm: Snapdragon X CPU For Laptops

Qualcomm announced a new entry-level processor, mainly for laptops, in its Snapdragon X series that debuted in Copilot+ PCs from Microsoft and OEMs last year.

Simply called Snapdragon X, the processor is a step below the mid-range Snapdragon X Plus and high-end Snapdragon X Elite chips, and they’re designed to enable OEMs to sell Copilot+ PCs in the $600 range, according to Qualcomm.

Snapdragon X-based PCs are expected to arrive in early 2025 from several OEMs, including Acer, Asus, Dell Technologies, HP Inc. and Lenovo.

The sole model in the entry-level tier, the X1-26-100, features eight cores, a maximum multi-core frequency of 3GHz, a GPU capable of 1.7 trillion floating-point operations per second and a neural processing unit (NPU) that can do 45 trillion operations per second.

Compared to Intel’s Core 5 120U, the X1-26-100 provides up to 163 percent faster performance at the same power level, according to Qualcomm. Conversely, the Snapdragon X chip uses 168 percent less power to deliver the same level of performance as the Intel chip, it added.

Like other Snapdragon X chips, the X1-26-100 supports LPDDR5x memory, 8,448 megatransfers per second and eight memory channels for a total capacity of 64 GB.

Across all Snapdragon X platforms, Qualcomm said the chip brand is now in more than 60 PC designs “in production or development.” More than 100 additional designs are expected to arrive in 2026 from OEMs such as Dell, HP and Lenovo, according to the company.