AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 388 vs Ryzen 7 7840HS

We compared two 8-core laptop CPUs: the 3.6 GHz AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 388 against the 3.8 GHz Ryzen 7 7840HS. 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 7840HS and 388
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 388
  • Newer - released 3 years later
  • More powerful Radeon 8060S integrated graphics: 14.8 vs 4.1 TFLOPS
  • Has 16 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Supports quad-channel memory
  • 14% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2937 vs 2577 points
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • 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 (130th and 182nd 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 1350 MB/sec 1120 MB/sec
Clang compilation 120.1 Klines/sec 102.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 305.7 pages/sec 217.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 381.6 Mpixels/sec 350 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 315.3 pages/sec 251.8 pages/sec
Background blur 80.3 images/sec 59.4 images/sec
Photo processing 145.7 images/sec 87.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 24.2 Mpixels/sec 22.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 753 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 109.6 GOps/sec 97.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 72.7 GOps/sec 59 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 145M Primes/sec 87M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 43.2M Strings/sec 40.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 20.1 GBytes/sec 20.3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 400.9 MBytes/sec 340.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 1843 Frames/sec 1362 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 32.7B Matrices/sec 25.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 8 & 4310 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 20.1 PPW 16.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 277.5 PPW 223.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 608.8 PPW 523.9 PPW
Blender / Watt - 4.05 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+ 388
No benchmark results yet
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-08 (Hari)Cinebench 2024104 / 880
πŸ“˜ 2025-07-31 (Safi ullah)Cinebench 2024102 / 911
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-10 (Johns)Cinebench 2024105 / 929
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-05 (KaniastyGucio)Cinebench 2024100 / 910
πŸ“˜ 2024-12-09 (Anand)Cinebench 202472 / 719

Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 388 and Ryzen 7 7840HS

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released January 5, 2026 January 4, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 5 (Strix Halo) Zen 4 (Phoenix)
Model number 388 -
Integrated GPU Radeon 8060S Radeon 780M
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i7 13620H
Successor - - AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (32nd and 62nd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 16 16
Base Frequency (P) 3.6 GHz 3.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5 GHz 5.1 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 8
Total Threads 16 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 36x 38x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 32MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 25 billions
Fabrication Process 4 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 45-55 W (configurable) 35-54 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 120 W -
Socket FP11 FP8
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (45th and 93rd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Radeon 8060S Radeon 780M
GPU Base Clock 1295 MHz 800 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2900 MHz 2700 MHz
Shading Units 2560 768
TMUs 160 48
ROPs 64 32
Execution Units 40 12
TGP 55 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
14.8 TFLOPS
4.1 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-8000 - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5x-7500
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 4 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 256 GB/s -
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 388 official page AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 20
Further details
Notes on Ryzen 7 7840HS:
    - DDR5 memory is supported only on the FP7r2 socket, while FP7 and FP8 sockets support LPDDR5/x.
    - ECC support is available exclusively on the FP7r2 socket.

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