AMD Opens $3,999 Ryzen AI Halo Preorders as Windows 11 Support Undercuts Nvidia’s $4,699 DGX Spark
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Updated · Tom's Hardware · Jun 13
AMD Opens $3,999 Ryzen AI Halo Preorders as Windows 11 Support Undercuts Nvidia’s $4,699 DGX Spark
3 articles · Updated · Tom's Hardware · Jun 13
Summary
$3,999 Ryzen AI Halo Developer Platform preorders are now live in the U.S. through Micro Center, with local pickup starting July 10 for AMD’s compact local-AI workstation.
AMD is positioning the mini PC against Nvidia’s DGX Spark by matching its original $3,999 launch price while offering a Windows 11 Pro option; Nvidia’s Linux-only system now lists at $4,699 after memory and flash supply constraints.
Ryzen AI Halo ships in Linux and Windows variants with the same hardware: a 16-core Ryzen AI Max+ 395, 128GB LPDDR5X-8000 unified memory, 2TB SSD, RDNA 3.5 Radeon 8060S graphics and a 50-TOPS NPU.
The box mirrors Nvidia’s compact AI-workstation design with 10 GbE, four USB-C ports and HDMI 2.1b, but lacks NVLink support for linking two systems.
Corsair’s AI Workstation 300, built on the same Ryzen AI Max+ 395 chip, is also on sale from $2,699, giving developers a cheaper Strix Halo-based alternative.