AMD Ryzen AI Max 385 vs AI 9 HX 370
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We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.6 GHz AMD Ryzen AI Max 385 with 8-cores against the 2.0 GHz AI 9 HX 370 with 12-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
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
Choose your main usage scenario to recalculate the Final Score and see which CPU suits your needs.
Key Differences
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI Max 385
- Supports quad-channel memory
- More powerful Radeon 8050S integrated graphics: 11.5 vs 5.9 TFLOPS
- 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 HX 370
- Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
- Has 4 more physical cores
- 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.1 GHz vs 5 GHz)
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
| Cinebench 2026 (Single) | - | 475 |
| Cinebench 2026 (Multi) | - | 5200 |
Cinebench Scores (93rd and 103rd place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 1560 MB/sec | 1340 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 131.9 Klines/sec | 139.9 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 336.4 pages/sec | 335.1 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 486.8 Mpixels/sec | 468.2 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 343.4 pages/sec | 322.1 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 80.4 images/sec | 63.8 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 145.4 images/sec | 124.6 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 28.9 Mpixels/sec | 33.5 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 107 GOps/sec | 122.2 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 71.1 GOps/sec | 76.4 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 165M Primes/sec | 127M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 43.7M Strings/sec | 48.3M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 19.9 GBytes/sec | 22.1 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 406.5 MBytes/sec | 442.7 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 1889 Frames/sec | 1881 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 33.9B Matrices/sec | 31.4B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 23.5 PPW | 23 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 303.4 PPW | 295.9 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 612.8 PPW | 647.4 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 5.48 PPW | 5.21 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
AMD Ryzen AI Max 385
No benchmark results yet
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-08-26 (Nvdya) | Cinebench 2024 | 114 / 1135 |
| π 2025-10-24 (Peterr) | Cinebench 2024 | 117 / 962 |
| π 2025-03-18 (Rennsport) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2904 / 15532 |
| π 2025-03-18 (Asus Tuf FA608WI) | Cinebench 2024 | 104 / 1050 |
| π 2025-03-15 (Urxelix) | Cinebench 2024 | 116 / 1217 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen AI Max 385 and AI 9 HX 370General
| 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 | 370 |
| Integrated GPU | Radeon 8050S | Radeon 890M |
| Rival Equivalent | - Intel Core Ultra 7 265H | - Intel Core Ultra 9 285H |
| Successor | - | - AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 |
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (26th and 31st place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 8 | 4 |
| P-Threads | 16 | 8 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.6 GHz | 2.0 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 5 GHz | 5.1 GHz |
| E-Cores | - | 8 |
| E-Threads | - | 16 |
| Base Frequency (E) | - | 2.0 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (E) | - | 3.3 GHz |
| Total Cores | 8 | 12 |
| Total Threads | 16 | 24 |
| 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 | 100Β°C | 100Β°C |
Laptop processors ranking (37th and 43rd place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Radeon 8050S | AMD Radeon 890M |
| GPU Base Clock | 1295 MHz | 400 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 2800 MHz | 2900 MHz |
| Shading Units | 2048 | 1024 |
| TMUs | 128 | 64 |
| ROPs | 64 | 32 |
| Execution Units | 32 | 16 |
| TGP | 55 W | 15 W |
iGPU FLOPS
More info: Radeon 890M 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 | - |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
| Official Site | AMD Ryzen AI Max 385 official page | AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 official page |
| PCI Express Version | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 16 | 16 |
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