AMD Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 495 vs AI Max 390

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.1 GHz AMD Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 495 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.

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 390 and 495
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 495
  • Newer - released 1 year and 8 months later
  • Supports up to 192 GB LPDDR5X-8533 RAM
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • More powerful Radeon 8065S integrated graphics: 15.4 vs 11.5 TFLOPS
  • 4% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.2 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 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
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
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
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
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 28 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
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 193.4 PPW 344.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 468.7 PPW 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+ PRO 495 and AI Max 390

General

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 495 390
Integrated GPU Radeon 8065S Radeon 8050S
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core Ultra X9 388H
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#16th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 16 12
P-Threads 32 24
Base Frequency (P) 3.1 GHz 3.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.2 GHz 5 GHz
Total
Total Cores 16 12
Total Threads 32 24
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 31x 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

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Radeon 8065S Radeon 8050S
GPU Base Clock 1295 MHz 1295 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 3000 MHz 2800 MHz
Shading Units 2560 2048
TMUs 160 128
ROPs 64 64
Execution Units 40 32
TGP 55 W 55 W
iGPU FLOPS
15.4 TFLOPS
11.5 TFLOPS

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+ PRO 495 official page AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 16

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