AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 vs AI Max 385

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.0 GHz AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 with 16-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.

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 395
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • Has 32 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • More powerful Radeon 8060S integrated graphics: 14.8 vs 11.5 TFLOPS
  • 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 2026 (Single) 619 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 7559 -
Cinebench Scores (37th and 92nd 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 2050 MB/sec 1560 MB/sec
Clang compilation 202 Klines/sec 131.9 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 527.3 pages/sec 336.4 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 586.3 Mpixels/sec 486.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 339.2 pages/sec 343.4 pages/sec
Background blur 72.8 images/sec 80.4 images/sec
Photo processing 200 images/sec 145.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 45.8 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 200.8 GOps/sec 107 GOps/sec
Floating point math 128.8 GOps/sec 71.1 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 303M Primes/sec 165M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 76.2M Strings/sec 43.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 35.5 GBytes/sec 19.9 GBytes/sec
Data compression 691 MBytes/sec 406.5 MBytes/sec
Physics 3481 Frames/sec 1889 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 56.4B Matrices/sec 33.9B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 1115 & 23 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
421.19

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 15.5 PPW 23.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 186.4 PPW 303.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 458 PPW 612.8 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.51 PPW 5.48 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+ 395
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-20 -> RhyndGeekBench2885 / 20105
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-23 -> RhyndCinebench 2026619 / 7559
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-20 (Rhynd)Cinebench 2026608 / 7101
πŸ“˜ 2025-09-11 (dsc)Cinebench 2024115 / 1855
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-30 (Declan)GeekBench2744 / 17850
AMD Ryzen AI Max 385
No benchmark results yet

Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 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 - 385
Integrated GPU Radeon 8060S Radeon 8050S
Rival Equivalent - Apple M4 Pro (14-Core) - Intel Core Ultra 7 265H
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (8th and 26th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 16 8
P-Threads 32 16
Base Frequency (P) 3.0 GHz 3.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.1 GHz 5 GHz
Total
Total Cores 16 8
Total Threads 32 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 30x 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) 45-120 W (configurable) 45-55 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) - 120 W
Socket FP11 FP11
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (16th and 37th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Radeon 8060S Radeon 8050S
GPU Base Clock 1295 MHz 1295 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2900 MHz 2800 MHz
Shading Units 2560 2048
TMUs 160 128
ROPs 64 64
Execution Units 40 32
TGP 55 W 55 W
iGPU FLOPS
14.8 TFLOPS
11.5 TFLOPS

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 Yes No

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 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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