AMD brings datacenter-level AI to Windows PCs, runs Meta's 109B Llama lodel locally

Earlier this year, during CES 2025, AMD announced the world"s first AI PC processor that can run Meta"s Llama 70B model locally. Today, AMD announced that the Ryzen AI MAX+ 395 processor, when paired with 128 GB of RAM on Windows, can now run Meta’s Llama 4 Scout 109B (17B active) with full vision and MCP support.

An incredible leap forward for local AI: AMD Ryzen AI MAX+ 395 processors offer the worlds first 96GB dedicated memory for consumer graphics with Variable Graphics Memory.

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This capability is enabled for the AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 processor with the new AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 25.8.1 WHQL driver update. AMD claims that this processor can not only run Meta’s Llama 4 Scout but also supports a context length of 256,000 (Flash Attention ON, KV Cache Q8), which is useful for agentic workflows.

AMD claims that the Llama 4 Scout 109B model was previously only possible on datacenter-grade hardware but is now available in thin and light PCs, thanks to its Variable Graphics Memory feature. Variable Graphics Memory is AMD"s BIOS-level feature, introduced with the latest Ryzen AI 300 series processors, that enables users to reallocate a percentage of the system RAM to the integrated graphics. This unified memory architecture allows users to allocate unused system RAM as dedicated graphics memory.

The AMD Ryzen AI Max+ processor is now available as an option for the following Windows PCs:

By enabling massive AI models to run locally, AMD is paving the way for more responsive, private, and capable AI applications on Windows PCs.

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