AMD Ryzen AI Max 385 vs AI 9 HX 375

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 375 with 12-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

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 375 and 385
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 6 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 375
  • 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 tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (93rd and 98th place)

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)
File compression 1560 MB/sec 1270 MB/sec
Clang compilation 131.9 Klines/sec 131.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 336.4 pages/sec 304 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 486.8 Mpixels/sec 480.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 343.4 pages/sec 316.2 pages/sec
Background blur 80.4 images/sec 74.1 images/sec
Photo processing 145.4 images/sec 135.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 28.9 Mpixels/sec 32.6 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 107 GOps/sec 124.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 71.1 GOps/sec 78.3 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 165M Primes/sec 129M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 43.7M Strings/sec 48.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 19.9 GBytes/sec 22.3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 406.5 MBytes/sec 446.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 1889 Frames/sec 1911 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 33.9B Matrices/sec 32B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 23 & 140 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 23.5 PPW 23.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 303.4 PPW 300.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 612.8 PPW 654.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 5.48 PPW -
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
AMD Ryzen AI Max 385
No benchmark results yet
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2025-10-31 (DavidchoGamer84)Cinebench 2024121 / 1277

Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen AI Max 385 and AI 9 HX 375

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released January 7, 2025 July 24, 2024
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 5 (Strix Halo) Zen 5 (Strix Point)
Model number 385 375
Integrated GPU Radeon 8050S Radeon 890M
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core Ultra 7 265H - Intel Core i9 14900HX
Successor - - AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 475
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (26th and 27th 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 5.1 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores - 8
E-Threads - 16
Base Frequency (E) - 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) - 3.3 GHz
Total
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 100°C 100°C
Laptop processors ranking (37th and 39th 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
11.5 TFLOPS
5.9 TFLOPS

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 375 official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 16

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8 (88.9%)
1 (11.1%)
Total votes: 9

Comments

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