AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 vs AI 9 HX 375

We compared two 12-core laptop CPUs: the 3.2 GHz AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 against the 2.0 GHz AI 9 HX 375. 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 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 5 months later
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375
  • 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 (85th 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 1650 MB/sec 1270 MB/sec
Clang compilation 153.6 Klines/sec 131.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 426.3 pages/sec 304 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 483.3 Mpixels/sec 480.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 307.1 pages/sec 316.2 pages/sec
Background blur 72.3 images/sec 74.1 images/sec
Photo processing 191.8 images/sec 135.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 32.4 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 146.5 GOps/sec 124.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 90.6 GOps/sec 78.3 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 316M Primes/sec 129M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 53.1M Strings/sec 48.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 25.1 GBytes/sec 22.3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 487.1 MBytes/sec 446.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 2761 Frames/sec 1911 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 38.7B Matrices/sec 32B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4]28 & 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 24.7 PPW 23.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 344.6 PPW 300.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 758.9 PPW 654.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 6.22 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 390
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 390 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 390 375
Integrated GPU Radeon 8050S Radeon 890M
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core Ultra X9 388H - Intel Core i9 14900HX
Successor - - AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 475
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (16th and 27th 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 100°C 100°C
Laptop processors ranking (27th 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 390 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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Comments

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