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Posted by correction
 - Today at 14:13:54
Quote from: 192 GB RAM good for AI on September 13, 2026, 12:32:53so by this argument, up to 512 GB RAM should be possible on Strix/Gorgon Halo, and even more, because the memory speed is almost 2x faster vs desktop's 5600 MT/s, too, so, like easily 768 GB RAM then.
Correction:
Strix Halo: 8000 MT/s / 5600 MT/s = 1.43 times.
Gorgon Halo: 8533 MT/s / 5600 MT/s = 1.52 times.
(ok, then let it be 512 GB, would be good enough given the memory speed)

But check this out:
Quote from: youtube.com/watch?v=Z26kN5VfyGAAMD and the industry are pushing the Ryzen AI Max+ 495 very hard as serious AI desktops, but the marketing is getting ahead of the actual performance. I own both a 128GB Framework Desktop and a 128GB HP Zbook laptop on this platform, so I know what they can do. Yes, the huge unified memory lets you load  large models, but in many cases you're running heavily quantized versions, which inevitably sacrifice model quality. And with only ~273 GB/s bandwidth versus around 1.2 TB/s on an M5 Ultra at about €10,500 for 256GB ram, inference is simply too slow for what they are now charging. Last year, the 128GB Framework Desktop with the Ryzen AI Max+ 395 was around €2,500 now we're talking about €8,500 for 192GB. If you're a developer, you'd be far better off paying €80–€200/month for a serious AI coding subscription and getting much stronger models. And if you're a company that absolutely needs local AI for data privacy, then spend more and buy genuinely high-performance hardware. These are interesting machines, but at €8,500 they are being massively oversold. 👎
Posted by 192 GB RAM good for AI
 - September 13, 2026, 12:32:53
Gorgon Halo is a software-patched Strix Halo to support more than 128 GB RAM; all Ryzen AI 400 are a rename/refresh of Ryzen AI 300 series.
Wish AMD would allow for 256 GB RAM straight away and not artificially limiting the maximum RAM config..
On desktop B850 motherboards, up to 256 GB RAM are possible, and this is on a 128-bit memory interface (aka dual-channel). Strix/Gorgon Halo use a 256-bit memory interface (aka quad-channel) (and faster RAM, too, btw.), so by this argument, up to 512 GB RAM should be possible on Strix/Gorgon Halo, and even more, because the memory speed is almost 2x faster vs desktop's 5600 MT/s, too, so, like easily 768 GB RAM then.
But, 256-384 GB LPDDR6 RAM is where Medusa Halo comes in later.

That said, 192 GB RAM is nice, because it allows to fully fit huggingface.co/unsloth/DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731-GGUF at its native weights (162 GB) + a decent amount of context on Linux, because on Windows, last time I looked. it's less than on Linux: 192 GB-32 GB = only 160 GB available (maybe it's been fixed on Windows by now). Or any other 4-bit quant of a ~300B parameters model. Or a lower-end 4-bit quant of huggingface.co/unsloth/GLM-5.3-Flash-GGUF (IQ4_XS), tho this is where 256 GB RAM would be nice.
Posted by Redaktion
 - September 12, 2026, 16:11:24
Colorful has introduced a new AMD Gorgon Halo-powered mini PC with up to 192 GB of RAM and a powerful 16-core Zen 5-based APU. The mini PC's exact pricing and availability details are yet to be confirmed, however.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Powerful-mini-PC-breaks-cover-with-up-to-192-GB-RAM-and-16-core-AMD-Ryzen-APU.1397294.0.html