AMD's Ryzen 7000 mobile CPUs feature up to 16 cores and 5.4GHz speeds

Once again, they're called "HX", because they're bringing out some big guns to take on Intel's powerful HX laptopCPU. The company's new chip has 16 cores and 32 threads, as well as speeds between 2.5 GHz and 5.4 GHz. At the Consumer Electronics Show in January, it was joined by an array of other Ryzen 7000 CPUs, which will power everything from budget laptops to extreme gaming and creator machines. This year, what is the biggest lesson? There will be a chip for laptops.

This year, it makes sense for the company to focus more on its HX chips. Last year, Intel unveiled its high-powered lineup, and this week it revealed that there will be more HX processors in the future. Like its previous chips, Intel uses a hybrid design that combines performance and efficiency. While Intel's core count is higher, it is possible that its chips will perform the same as those made by Advanced Micro Devices.

Like Intel's, the HX will run at 55 watt and above, meaning they will focus more on power than battery life. In Cinebench, the 7945HX is 78 percent faster than the previous top-end Ryzen 6900HX. The 7945HX is 169 percent faster in Handbrake than the 12900HX from last year. Some of the premiere gaming laptops this year include the Alienware m16 and m18, as well as the latest ASUS ROG STRIX.

There is a better balance between size and power with the new Ryzen 7040 HS chips. You will be able to see these chips in laptops in March. The Ryzen 9 7940hs features 8 cores, 16 threads and up to 5.2 GHz boost speeds.

The 7040 chips will have an integrated artificial intelligence engine that can handle tasks like making background blur during video calls or sorting through your photo library. It's 50 percent more power efficient than Apple's M2 and it can do up to four different artificial intelligence tasks at once. We've only seen the Microsoft SQ3 on the Surface Pro 9 with a VPU artificial intelligence chip, but Intel is planning to bring this to some of its 13th-gen chips.

The U-series Ryzen 7030 and 7035 lineups are available in 15W to 35W chips. The Ryzen 3 7330U at the low end has 6cores and 12threads, while the Ryzen 7 7730U has 8cores and 16threads. The 7335U uses almost twice as much power as the 7330U.