AMD attempts to get ahead of expected RTX Spark launch with Gorgon Halo benchmarks

What happened

Nvidia is expected to launch RTX Spark devices later this week, following a not-so-subtle tease at the end of last week (and the chip’s announced fall release). The extra insight comes a matter of days after the first Gorgon Halo devices launched, some of which cost upwards of $7,099.

AMD is getting ahead of an expected RTX Spark launch later this week with a few benchmarks (a standard test used to compare systems) for its flagship Gorgon Halo chip, the Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 495. Ahead of Microsoft’s event on Wednesday, October 7 (where the launch is expected) AMD has shared some benchmarks for its new Gorgon Halo chips — the range that will directly compete with RTX Spark devices. AMD is an electrical and semiconductor company based in Sunnyvale.

These chips aren’t in the same class of device, though AMD would argue that it’s comparing its top-of-stack part to Intel’s top-of-stack part. AMD averaged multiple runs of various models, comparing total throughput (how much work a system gets through in a given time) to Intel’s competition.