AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 388 vs AI 9 465

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.6 GHz AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 388 with 8-cores against the 2.0 GHz AI 9 465 with 10-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 465 and 388
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 388
  • More powerful Radeon 8060S integrated graphics: 14.8 vs 4.5 TFLOPS
  • Around 166.4 GB/s (186%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Supports quad-channel memory
  • Has 8 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI 9 465
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • Has 2 more physical cores

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 2026 (Single) - 451
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 4354
Cinebench Scores (130th and 134th 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 1260 MB/sec
Clang compilation 120.1 Klines/sec 104.8 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 305.7 pages/sec 307.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 381.6 Mpixels/sec 431.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 315.3 pages/sec 310 pages/sec
Background blur 80.3 images/sec 59.4 images/sec
Photo processing 145.7 images/sec 124 images/sec
Ray tracing 24.2 Mpixels/sec 22.8 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 100.7 GOps/sec
Floating point math 72.7 GOps/sec 63 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 145M Primes/sec 123M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 43.2M Strings/sec 37.8M Strings/sec
Data encryption 20.1 GBytes/sec 17.9 GBytes/sec
Data compression 400.9 MBytes/sec 354.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 1843 Frames/sec 1697 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 32.7B Matrices/sec 25.1B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 8 & 83 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 20.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 277.5 PPW 249.1 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 608.8 PPW 542.9 PPW
Blender / Watt - 5.37 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 388 and AI 9 465

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released January 5, 2026 January 5, 2026
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 5 (Strix Halo) Zen 5 (Gorgon Point)
Model number 388 465
Integrated GPU Radeon 8060S Radeon 880M
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (32nd and 40th 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 100°C 100°C
Laptop processors ranking (45th and 65th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Radeon 8060S Radeon 880M
GPU Base Clock 1295 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2900 MHz 2900 MHz
Shading Units 2560 768
TMUs 160 48
ROPs 64 16
Execution Units 40 12
TGP 55 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
14.8 TFLOPS
4.5 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-8000 - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5X-8533
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+ 388 official page AMD Ryzen AI 9 465 official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 16

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