He also put complete AMD systems, including laptops and workstations, at roughly 17% cheaper than rival offerings. The sharpest jab was aimed at software: RTX Spark uses an Arm-based CPU architecture that reportedly does not properly support the anti-cheat software many popular online games require.
What AMD Measured, and What It Left Out
AMD did not name the chip it tested, but it is believed to be the Ryzen AI Max+ 395, codenamed Strix Halo. It has up to 16 CPU cores and a Radeon 8060S GPU. Nvidia’s RTX Spark, an AI PC system-on-chip, launched in October 2026 with 20 CPU cores.
The test selection is worth reading closely:
- Performance:
Cinebench 2024, a multi-core CPU test - Battery life:
PCMark 10 Gaming - Not provided: any direct graphics comparison between the two chips
For context, the Radeon 8060S performs comparably to Nvidia’s laptop RTX 4060 to RTX 4070 GPUs.
Korean Partners Put Strix Halo to Work
The event also showcased South Korean companies optimizing AI workloads on the chip.
- Nota AI used its Nota Optimizing Agent to tune AI models and runtime engines. That let the GPU and NPU share a single AI model, removing duplicate memory use, and delivered inference gains of up to 30% across several large language models.
- Clevi built Uniform, a Strix Halo-based document processing data engine with a concurrent acceleration pipeline that runs the NPU and GPU at the same time. It cut the wait for the first response text by about 40%.
Hashlytics Take
The headline number is a CPU result being used to win a gaming argument. Cinebench is a multi-core processor test, so a 14% lead says little about frame rates, and AMD sidestepped the one comparison gamers would actually check by skipping graphics performance entirely. The stronger card is the anti-cheat point. If an Arm-based RTX Spark cannot run the anti-cheat software behind many online games, no benchmark gap matters to a buyer who wants to play them. Whether AMD’s pitch survives independent testing, and whether Nvidia closes the compatibility gap, is an open question for 2027.
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