If you’re shopping soon, the timeline matters as much as the specs. AMD says the first wave of Ryzen AI laptops arrives in Q1 2026, and the Ryzen 7 9850X3D is also expected in that same quarter, which sets up a short waiting game for both laptop and desktop shoppers. AMD is pushing Ryzen AI 400 Series and Ryzen AI PRO 400 Series as its mainstream AI laptop platform, with up to 60 TOPS of NPU compute, up to 12 CPU cores, and integrated Radeon 800M graphics. AMD says OEM systems start shi
