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AMD Ryzen AI Max 385 vs AI 9 365

73 out of 100
AMD Ryzen AI Max 385
VS
68 out of 100
AMD Ryzen AI 9 365
AMD Ryzen AI Max 385
AMD Ryzen AI 9 365

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.6 GHz AMD Ryzen AI Max 385 with 8-cores against the 2.0 GHz AI 9 365 with 10-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 365 and 385
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI Max 385
  • Around 166.4 GB/s (186%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • More powerful Radeon 8050S integrated graphics: 11.5 vs 4.5 TFLOPS
  • Supports quad-channel memory
  • Newer - released 7 months later
  • Has 8 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI 9 365
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • Has 2 more physical cores

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen AI Max 385
vs
Ryzen AI 9 365

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (93rd and 137th place)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Ryzen AI Max 385 +19%
16686
Ryzen AI 9 365
13969
File compression 1560 MB/sec 1240 MB/sec
Clang compilation 131.9 Klines/sec 101.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 336.4 pages/sec 296.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 486.8 Mpixels/sec 437.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 343.4 pages/sec 289 pages/sec
Background blur 80.4 images/sec 65.4 images/sec
Photo processing 145.4 images/sec 122.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 28.9 Mpixels/sec 25.9 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 1 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen AI Max 385 +11%
33705
Ryzen AI 9 365
30347
Integer math 107 GOps/sec 103.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 71.1 GOps/sec 64.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 165M Primes/sec 120M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 43.7M Strings/sec 40.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 19.9 GBytes/sec 18.8 GBytes/sec
Data compression 406.5 MBytes/sec 370.7 MBytes/sec
Physics 1889 Frames/sec 1711 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 33.9B Matrices/sec 26.3B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 23 & 879 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen AI Max 385 +20%
301.53
Ryzen AI 9 365
250.34

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 23.5 PPW 19.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 303.4 PPW 258.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 612.8 PPW 562 PPW
Blender / Watt 5.48 PPW 4.64 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

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๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-01-11 (Mark)Cinebench 2024117 / 1077
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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen AI Max 385 and AI 9 365

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released January 7, 2025 June 3, 2024
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 5 (Strix Halo) Zen 5 (Strix Point)
Model number 385 365
Integrated GPU Radeon 8050S Radeon 880M
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core Ultra 7 265H - Intel Core Ultra 9 285H
Successor - - AMD Ryzen AI 9 465
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (26th and 38th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 4
P-Threads 16 8
Base Frequency (P) 3.6 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5 GHz 5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores - 6
E-Threads - 12
Base Frequency (E) - 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) - 3.3 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 10
Total Threads 16 20
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 36x 20x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 32MB (shared) 24MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 4 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 45-55 W (configurable) 15-54 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 120 W -
Socket FP11 FP8
Peak Temperature 100ยฐC 100ยฐC
Laptop processors ranking (37th and 62nd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Radeon 8050S AMD Radeon 880M
GPU Base Clock 1295 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2800 MHz 2900 MHz
Shading Units 2048 768
TMUs 128 48
ROPs 64 16
Execution Units 32 12
TGP 55 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Ryzen AI Max 385 +156%
11.5 TFLOPS
Ryzen AI 9 365
4.5 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 880M compared to Radeon 8050S

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-8000 - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5X-8000
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 4 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 256 GB/s 89.6 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen AI Max 385 official page AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 16

Cast your vote

Choose between two processors
5 (83.3%)
1 (16.7%)
Total votes: 6

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Comments

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