AMD Ryzen AI Max 490 vs AI Max 390
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We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.2 GHz AMD Ryzen AI Max 490 with 16-cores against the 3.2 GHz AI Max 390 with 12-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Please note that the tests on the Ryzen AI Max 490 are done on an engineering sample provided by our insiders. The data will be more accurate after the final version of this CPU is available.
Key Differences
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI Max 490
- Newer - released 1 year and 8 months later
- Supports up to 192 GB LPDDR5X-8533 RAM
- Has 4 more physical cores
- 4% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.2 GHz vs 5 GHz)
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#85th place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | - | 1650 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | - | 153.6 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | - | 426.3 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | - | 483.3 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | - | 307.1 pages/sec |
| Background blur | - | 72.3 images/sec |
| Photo processing | - | 191.8 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | - | 32.4 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | - | 146.5 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | - | 90.6 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | - | 316M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | - | 53.1M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | - | 25.1 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | - | 487.1 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | - | 2761 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | - | 38.7B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | - | 24.7 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 158.6 PPW | 344.6 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | - | 758.9 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | - | 6.22 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 490 and AI Max 390General
| Vendor | Amd | Amd |
| Released | September 5, 2026 | January 7, 2025 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| Instruction Set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | - | Zen 5 (Strix Halo) |
| Model number | PRO 490 | 390 |
| Integrated GPU | Radeon 8050S | Radeon 8050S |
| Rival Equivalent | - | - Intel Core Ultra X9 388H |
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#16th place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 16 | 12 |
| P-Threads | 32 | 24 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.2 GHz | 3.2 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 5.2 GHz | 5 GHz |
| Total Cores | 16 | 12 |
| Total Threads | 32 | 24 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 32x | 32x |
| L1 Cache | 80K (per core) | 80K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 1MB (per core) | 1MB (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 64MB (shared) | 64MB (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 | 100°C | 100°C |
Laptop processors ranking (#27th 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
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5X-8533 | - LPDDR5X-8000 |
| Max. Memory Size | 192 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 390 official page |
| PCI Express Version | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 16 | 16 |
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