--- title: Hands-On with the AMD Ryzen AI Halo | daily.dev description: The AMD Ryzen AI Halo is a compact desktop powered by the AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 processor with 128GB of unified LPDDR5x memory, designed to run large AI models... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/hands-on-with-the-amd-ryzen-ai-halo-g0llzrz16 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Hands-On with the AMD Ryzen AI Halo | daily.dev og:description: The AMD Ryzen AI Halo is a compact desktop powered by the AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 processor with 128GB of unified LPDDR5x memory, designed to run large AI models... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/hands-on-with-the-amd-ryzen-ai-halo-g0llzrz16 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/g0LlZrZ16.png og:image:alt: Hands-On with the AMD Ryzen AI Halo og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Hands-On with the AMD Ryzen AI Halo **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 7 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The AMD Ryzen AI Halo is a compact desktop powered by the AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 processor with 128GB of unified LPDDR5x memory, designed to run large AI models locally without cloud subscriptions. Up to 96GB can be allocated as VRAM, enabling models like GPT-OSS-120b to run at ~45 tokens per second — comparable to cloud-based AI tools. The hands-on covers unboxing, LLM inference via LM Studio, local image generation with ComfyUI, and setting up a headless AI server using Open WebUI and Lemonade Server. The device is a Micro Center exclusive available in Linux and Windows versions. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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