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AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 vs AI Max 385

76 out of 100
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390
VS
73 out of 100
AMD Ryzen AI Max 385
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390
AMD Ryzen AI Max 385

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.2 GHz AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 with 12-cores against the 3.6 GHz AI Max 385 with 8-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 385 and 390
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI Max 390
  • Has 32 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Has 4 more physical cores

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen AI Max 390
vs
Ryzen AI Max 385

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (85th and 93rd 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 1560 MB/sec
Clang compilation 153.6 Klines/sec 131.9 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 426.3 pages/sec 336.4 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 483.3 Mpixels/sec 486.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 307.1 pages/sec 343.4 pages/sec
Background blur 72.3 images/sec 80.4 images/sec
Photo processing 191.8 images/sec 145.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 32.4 Mpixels/sec 28.9 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 107 GOps/sec
Floating point math 90.6 GOps/sec 71.1 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 316M Primes/sec 165M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 53.1M Strings/sec 43.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 25.1 GBytes/sec 19.9 GBytes/sec
Data compression 487.1 MBytes/sec 406.5 MBytes/sec
Physics 2761 Frames/sec 1889 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 38.7B Matrices/sec 33.9B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 28 & 23 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen AI Max 390 +14%
342.35
Ryzen AI Max 385
301.53

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 24.7 PPW 23.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 344.6 PPW 303.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 758.9 PPW 612.8 PPW
Blender / Watt 6.22 PPW 5.48 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 390 and AI Max 385

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released January 7, 2025 January 7, 2025
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 5 (Strix Halo) Zen 5 (Strix Halo)
Model number 390 385
Integrated GPU Radeon 8050S Radeon 8050S
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core Ultra X9 388H - Intel Core Ultra 7 265H
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (16th and 26th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 12 8
P-Threads 24 16
Base Frequency (P) 3.2 GHz 3.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5 GHz 5 GHz
Total
Total Cores 12 8
Total Threads 24 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 32x 36x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 64MB (shared) 32MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 4 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 45-55 W (configurable) 45-55 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 120 W 120 W
Socket FP11 FP11
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Laptop processors ranking (27th and 37th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Radeon 8050S Radeon 8050S
GPU Base Clock 1295 MHz 1295 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2800 MHz 2800 MHz
Shading Units 2048 2048
TMUs 128 128
ROPs 64 64
Execution Units 32 32
TGP 55 W 55 W
iGPU FLOPS
Ryzen AI Max 390
11.5 TFLOPS
Ryzen AI Max 385
11.5 TFLOPS
See: Radeon 8050S benchmarks

Memory Support

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

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 official page AMD Ryzen AI Max 385 official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 16

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7 (58.3%)
5 (41.7%)
Total votes: 12

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Comments

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