AMD has rolled out a public preview of ROCm 6.4.4 that finally lets PyTorch run natively on Windows and Linux for a broad swath of its consumer silicon. The update brings official framework support to Radeon RX 9000 (RDNA 4) and RX 7000 (RDNA 3) GPUs, as well as to select Ryzen AI 300 "Strix" and Ryzen AI MAX "Strix Halo" APUs, fulfilling a promise AMD made at Computex 2025 to make ROCm more cross-platform and developer-friendly. "At Computex this year, I shared our commitment to making ROCm a true cross-platform, developer-first stack. I said we'd bring ROCm to Radeon on Windows and Linux in the second half of 2025. I'm proud to say that today, we're delivering on that promise," says Andrej Zdravkovic, Senior Vice President and Chief Software Officer.

For Windows users, this is a genuine quality-of-life change: no more dual-booting, convoluted workarounds, or constant reliance on cloud instances to test and run AI models locally. AMD describes the release as a foundation rather than a finished product. The preview provides native PyTorch wheels, allowing developers to prototype, benchmark, and provide feedback while AMD iterates on performance and feature coverage. The company positions this step as part of a broader effort to extend ROCm beyond the data center and into the everyday machines of creators and developers. At the same time, enterprise customers continue to get higher-scale optimizations through the ROCm 7.0 family for Instinct and EPYC platforms. If community testing is successful, users can expect more frequent updates and enhanced Windows support in the next release cycle.