AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 380 vs AI Max 385

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.6 GHz AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 380 with 6-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.

Please note that the tests on the Ryzen AI Max Pro 380 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

What are the key differences between 385 and 380
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI Max 385
  • Has 16 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Supports quad-channel memory
  • Around 128 GB/s (100%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • More powerful Radeon 8050S integrated graphics: 11.5 vs 5.7 TFLOPS
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 4.9 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 (#93rd 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 - 1560 MB/sec
Clang compilation - 131.9 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser - 336.4 pages/sec
PDF Renderer - 486.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing - 343.4 pages/sec
Background blur - 80.4 images/sec
Photo processing - 145.4 images/sec
Ray tracing - 28.9 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math - 107 GOps/sec
Floating point math - 71.1 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers - 165M Primes/sec
Random string sorting - 43.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption - 19.9 GBytes/sec
Data compression - 406.5 MBytes/sec
Physics - 1889 Frames/sec
Extended instructions - 33.9B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3] – 23 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 28 PPW 23.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 283.8 PPW 303.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt - 612.8 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.04 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 Pro 380 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 380 385
Integrated GPU Radeon 8040S Radeon 8050S
Rival Equivalent - Apple M4 Pro (14-Core) - Intel Core Ultra 7 265H
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#26th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 8
P-Threads 12 16
Base Frequency (P) 3.6 GHz 3.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.9 GHz 5 GHz
Total
Total Cores 6 8
Total Threads 12 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 36x 36x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 16MB (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

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Radeon 8040S Radeon 8050S
GPU Base Clock 1295 MHz 1295 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2800 MHz 2800 MHz
Shading Units 1024 2048
TMUs 64 128
ROPs 32 64
Execution Units 16 32
TGP 55 W 55 W
iGPU FLOPS
11.5 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-8000 - LPDDR5X-8000
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 4
Max. Memory Bandwidth 128 GB/s 256 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 380 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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Comments

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