AMD Ryzen AI Halo – $4k AI Dev Kit
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AMD Ryzen AI Halo – $4k AI Dev Kit
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Re: AMD Ryzen AI Halo – $4k AI Dev Kit
#2In case it saves anyone some time (from the article):
"The AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395(Strix Halo) processor has been available since Spring 2025 and the Halo doesn’t offer anything new on that front."
It has the same 256 GB/s memory bandwidth limit as every board previously, not sure why this is even being released right now as if it's some new fangled thing - you can go get a Framework Desktop for roughly the same price or a GMKtec EVO-X2 for a bit cheaper.
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#3Does this have the same memory bandwidth problems as the spark?
Re: AMD Ryzen AI Halo – $4k AI Dev Kit
#4Bosgame is $2799 does the same thing if you plan to run only 1 of them
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#5$4k is pretty darn spendy. I recently purchased a refurbished Corsair AI Workstation with almost the same hardware (same chip, same 128GB RAM, but only 1TB storage) for $2160. Pretty good deal! Codex and I wrote a Linux driver to report the power mode of the device:
https://github.com/pettijohn/corsair-ai-workstation-performa...
Re: AMD Ryzen AI Halo – $4k AI Dev Kit
#6Does this have the same memory bandwidth problems as the spark?
What's the Spark's memory bandwidth?
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#7How much are we going to pay for "AI kits" once the DRAM shortage is over? Will we be able to run a local model equivalent to the current AI frontier in sub $1000 hardware, even if dedicated, in 5 years?
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#8Was “only” $2k in its previous form but even in this updated box the mem bandwidth is woefully inadequate.
There’s a few models with space for a dedicated GPU for hybrid inference but imo not worth it.
Save your money for a Xeon or EPYC build
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