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AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 vs AI 9 HX 370

76 out of 100
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390
VS
72 out of 100
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370

We compared two 12-core laptop CPUs: the 3.2 GHz AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 against the 2.0 GHz AI 9 HX 370. 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 (1)

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 370 and 390
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI Max 390
  • Has 40 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Supports quad-channel memory
  • More powerful Radeon 8050S integrated graphics: 11.5 vs 5.9 TFLOPS
  • Newer - released 7 months later
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
  • 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
CPU:
Ryzen AI Max 390
vs
Ryzen AI 9 HX 370

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 475
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 5200
Cinebench Scores (85th and 103rd 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 1650 MB/sec 1340 MB/sec
Clang compilation 153.6 Klines/sec 139.9 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 426.3 pages/sec 335.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 483.3 Mpixels/sec 468.2 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 307.1 pages/sec 322.1 pages/sec
Background blur 72.3 images/sec 63.8 images/sec
Photo processing 191.8 images/sec 124.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 32.4 Mpixels/sec 33.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 3 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 146.5 GOps/sec 122.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 90.6 GOps/sec 76.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 316M Primes/sec 127M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 53.1M Strings/sec 48.3M Strings/sec
Data encryption 25.1 GBytes/sec 22.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 487.1 MBytes/sec 442.7 MBytes/sec
Physics 2761 Frames/sec 1881 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 38.7B Matrices/sec 31.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 28 & 3074 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen AI Max 390 +22%
342.35
Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
281.07

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 24.7 PPW 23 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 344.6 PPW 295.9 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 758.9 PPW 647.4 PPW
Blender / Watt 6.22 PPW 5.21 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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AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
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πŸ“˜ 2026-08-26 (Nvdya)Cinebench 2024114 / 1135
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-24 (Peterr)Cinebench 2024117 / 962
πŸ“˜ 2025-03-18 (Rennsport)Geekbench 6 CPU2904 / 15532
πŸ“˜ 2025-03-18 (Asus Tuf FA608WI)Cinebench 2024104 / 1050
πŸ“˜ 2025-03-15 (Urxelix)Cinebench 2024116 / 1217
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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 and AI 9 HX 370

General

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 390 370
Integrated GPU Radeon 8050S Radeon 890M
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core Ultra X9 388H - Intel Core Ultra 9 285H
Successor - - AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (16th and 31st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 12 4
P-Threads 24 8
Base Frequency (P) 3.2 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 12 12
Total Threads 24 24
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 32x 20x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 64MB (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 (27th 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
Ryzen AI Max 390 +95%
11.5 TFLOPS
Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
5.9 TFLOPS
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 390 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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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 or AI Max 390?
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Results45 April 27, 2025 at 08:08 AM
How is the AI Max 390 not faster? HX 370 may be a much better value right now, but you can't deny that the 390 has almost 50% faster CPU performance and almost double iGPU performance.
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