After launching the Ryzen AI 300 series with the Ryzen AI 9 series at COMPUTEX 2024, AMD is further expanding the line with the Ryzen AI 5 and Ryzen AI 7 series. This is similar to what Qualcomm is doing with its Snapdragon X series, where they are offering more affordable options to consumers.
With the Ryzen AI 7 350, AMD claims that its midrange chips outperform the Snapdragon X Plus and Core Ultra 7 258V by 30% and 54% respectively in Cinebench. Those are respectable figures on paper–we need to get our hands on laptops using the Ryzen AI 7 350 to verify AMD’s claims. 
AMD also claims that the Ryzen AI 7 350 also beats its Qualcomm and Intel counterparts in terms of NPU performance. AMD also claims stellar battery life–at up to 24 hours of video playback on a single charge.
Key features of the Ryzen AI 7 350 include 8 cores, 16 threads, up to a 5.0Ghz maximum clock speed, 24MB cache, and up to 54w maximum TDP. There’s also the Ryzen AI 5 340, which has 6 cores, 12 threads, up to a 4.8Ghz maximum clock speed, and 22MB cache.
The Ryzen AI 5 and AI 7 series will be available by the first quarter of 2025, while their PRO counterparts will be available by the second quarter of 2025. We also expect laptops powered by these chips to be more affordable than tose using the Ryzen AI 9 series.
