AMD and Microsoft Advance AI Innovation for Windows 11 PCs

Since Microsoft Build 2025, AMD has accelerated AI innovation across the Windows ecosystem through deep collaboration with Microsoft. Together, we are unlocking the full potential of Windows ML and Microsoft Foundry on Windows, an evolution of Windows AI Foundry.

With the latest AMD Ryzen™ AI 300 Series processors and Radeon™ GPUs, AMD delivers fast, more efficient, and intelligent on-device AI performance. This partnership empowers developers to create the next generation of AI-powered Windows applications, delivering tangible benefits to customers and businesses without requiring cloud connectivity.

Accelerating AI on Windows with AMD Hardware

Our ongoing collaboration with Microsoft centers on optimizing Windows ML for AMD hardware accelerators -- GPUs and NPUs. These optimizations deliver high performance, improved efficiency, and broader support for the most advanced model architectures.  

The latest AMD NPU EP supporting Windows ML offers:

• Improved performance (with a 4x8 overlay)
• Support for general asymmetric quantization, enabling third-party quantized models to run on NPU
• Improved support for A8W8 and A16W8 QDQ models
• 3x average compile time improvements for BF16 models

AMD streamlined certification for developers and ISVs targeting the GPU through deeper integration between the ONNX Runtime and the AMD ROCm^TM software stack. This Windows ML-certified solution makes it easier to build AI-powered applications that perform consistently and reliably across Windows 11 PCs featuring AMD silicon. The AMD GPU Execution Provider (EP) is currently optimized for image generation models; future releases will deliver additional performance and new features.

Empowering Microsoft Foundry on Windows

As part of Microsoft Foundry on Windows, AMD collaborates with a growing ecosystem of independent software vendors (ISVs) to bring new, AI-driven experiences to Windows 11 PCs powered by AMD hardware.

These partnerships span productivity, creativity, and security, illustrating the value of AI innovation at AMD across hardware and software. Close collaboration between developers and AMD engineers is essential for creating richer, more responsive, and privacy-preserving applications.

Showcasing Real-World AI Experiences

At this year’s Microsoft Ignite showcase, AMD and its partners are demonstrating how these advancements come to life through real-world applications that help users work smarter and stay protected.

Secure AI-Powered Productivity with Belt AI

Your inbox and workspace hold your most sensitive data contracts, attachments, and private communications. Belt AI, built on Microsoft Foundry on Windows and powered by AMD Ryzen™ AI, allows professionals to apply AI securely and privately without sending data to the cloud.

Belt connects email, calendars, and projects through AI-driven context, helping professionals triage messages, manage workloads, and stay ahead of deliverables combining speed, intelligence, and privacy into one seamless experience

McAfee Scam Detector on AMD Ryzen™ AI PRO Processors

As deepfake content and AI-generated scams become more prevalent, AMD and McAfee are demonstrating how hardware-accelerated AI can provide real-time protection. The McAfee Scam Detector, running on AMD Ryzen™ AI PRO systems and powered by Windows ML, detects manipulated videos and audio in seconds helping users stay safe in an evolving digital world.

Smarter, Faster, and More Protected Systems, Advanced by AMD

From enabling privacy-first productivity with Belt AI to safeguarding users with McAfee, these collaborations underscore how AMD and Microsoft are helping developers deliver AI solutions that meet the security and privacy needs of every user.  

Future Outlook

AMD remains committed to empowering developers, businesses, and end users to push the limits of AI on Windows. Through deep collaboration with Microsoft and a growing ecosystem of partners, we are building the foundation for a smarter, more protected computing future powered by AMD.

While it’s impossible to predict the future of AI, a few trends are clear: AI will continue to permeate modern applications and operating systems as developers enhance established workflows and create new experiences. Companies will keep reimagining UI and UX design to harness AI’s natural language capabilities. Copilot+ PC experiences like Click to Do[1], which simplifies your workflow by enabling suggested quick actions, are already redefining how people interact with their PCs.

This re-evaluation of what an end user can accomplish with their Windows 11 PC marks one of the most exciting inflection points in personal computing history. It is just the beginning of what’s possible when AMD and Microsoft comprehensively partner to unlock the full potential of AI on Windows.  Stay tuned for more to come!

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Discover how AMD is enabling developers to accelerate AI innovation on Windows at AMD Ryzen™ AI Software

For more information on the new AMD GPU EP, please follow this link: Introducing AMD GPU EP for Generative AI with Amuse

[1] Copilot+ PC experiences vary by device and market and may require updates continuing to roll out through 2025; timing varies. See aka.ms/copilotpluspcs