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AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 388 vs Ryzen 9 8945HX

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AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 388
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70 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX
AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 388
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.6 GHz AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 388 with 8-cores against the 2.5 GHz Ryzen 9 8945HX with 16-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 8945HX and 388
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 388
  • More powerful Radeon 8060S integrated graphics: 14.8 vs 0.6 TFLOPS
  • Newer - released 9 months later
  • Supports up to 128 GB LPDDR5X-8000 RAM
  • Supports quad-channel memory
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 4 versus 5 nanometers
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • Has 32 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Newer PCI Express version โ€“ 5.0
  • 8% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.4 GHz vs 5 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen AI Max+ 388
vs
Ryzen 9 8945HX

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (130th and 55th 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)
File compression 1350 MB/sec 1270 MB/sec
Clang compilation 120.1 Klines/sec 170.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 305.7 pages/sec 259.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 381.6 Mpixels/sec 413.5 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 315.3 pages/sec 253.2 pages/sec
Background blur 80.3 images/sec 56.4 images/sec
Photo processing 145.7 images/sec 98.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 24.2 Mpixels/sec 36.8 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 109.6 GOps/sec 195 GOps/sec
Floating point math 72.7 GOps/sec 117.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 145M Primes/sec 263M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 43.2M Strings/sec 78.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 20.1 GBytes/sec 40.8 GBytes/sec
Data compression 400.9 MBytes/sec 676.9 MBytes/sec
Physics 1843 Frames/sec 2161 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 32.7B Matrices/sec 49.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 8 & 442 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 29.7 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 277.5 PPW 276.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 608.8 PPW 933.7 PPW
Blender / Watt - 8.53 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
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๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-12-10 (CADARTZ)Cinebench 2024114 / 1633
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-10-03 (Imtiaz)Geekbench 6 CPU2706 / 11044
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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 388 and Ryzen 9 8945HX

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released January 5, 2026 April 9, 2025
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 5 (Strix Halo) Zen 4 (Dragon Range)
Model number 388 8945HX
Integrated GPU Radeon 8060S Radeon 610M
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i9 14900HX
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (32nd and 34th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 16
P-Threads 16 32
Base Frequency (P) 3.6 GHz 2.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5 GHz 5.4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 16
Total Threads 16 32
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 36x 24x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 32MB (shared) 64MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Fabrication Process 4 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 45-55 W (configurable) 55 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 120 W 75 W
Socket FP11 FL1
Peak Temperature 100ยฐC 100ยฐC
Laptop processors ranking (45th and 50th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Radeon 8060S Radeon 610M
GPU Base Clock 1295 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2900 MHz 2200 MHz
Shading Units 2560 128
TMUs 160 8
ROPs 64 4
Execution Units 40 2
TGP 55 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Ryzen AI Max+ 388 +2367%
14.8 TFLOPS
Ryzen 9 8945HX
0.6 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 610M compared to Radeon 8060S

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-8000 - DDR5-5200
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 4 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 256 GB/s -
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 388 official page AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 28

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Comments

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