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AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme vs AI Max 385

57 out of 100
AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme
VS
73 out of 100
AMD Ryzen AI Max 385
AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme
AMD Ryzen AI Max 385

We compared two 8-core laptop CPUs: the 3.3 GHz AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme against the 3.6 GHz AI Max 385. 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 (2)

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 Extreme
Advantages of AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.1 GHz vs 5 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI Max 385
  • More powerful Radeon 8050S integrated graphics: 11.5 vs 4.1 TFLOPS
  • Newer - released 1 year and 9 months later
  • Has 16 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Supports quad-channel memory
  • 19% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2998 vs 2524 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen Z1 Extreme
vs
Ryzen AI Max 385

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#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 1120 MB/sec 1560 MB/sec
Clang compilation 90.7 Klines/sec 131.9 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 214.1 pages/sec 336.4 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 346.1 Mpixels/sec 486.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 271.3 pages/sec 343.4 pages/sec
Background blur 52.2 images/sec 80.4 images/sec
Photo processing 93.4 images/sec 145.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 20.6 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 89.2 GOps/sec 107 GOps/sec
Floating point math 52.6 GOps/sec 71.1 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 73M Primes/sec 165M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 34.8M Strings/sec 43.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 17.6 GBytes/sec 19.9 GBytes/sec
Data compression 291.2 MBytes/sec 406.5 MBytes/sec
Physics 1078 Frames/sec 1889 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 21.5B Matrices/sec 33.9B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 1219 & 23 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen Z1 Extreme
176.58
Ryzen AI Max 385 +71%
301.53

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 24.4 PPW 23.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 374.1 PPW 303.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 820.1 PPW 612.8 PPW
Blender / Watt 5.89 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 Z1 Extreme and AI Max 385

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released April 25, 2023 January 7, 2025
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 4 (Phoenix) Zen 5 (Strix Halo)
Model number - 385
Integrated GPU Radeon 780M Radeon 8050S
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core Ultra 7 265H
Successor - AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme -
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (79th and 26th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 16 16
Base Frequency (P) 3.3 GHz 3.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.1 GHz 5 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 8
Total Threads 16 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 33x 36x
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 16MB (shared) 32MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors 25 billions -
Fabrication Process 4 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 9-30 W (configurable) 45-55 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) - 120 W
Socket FP8 FP11
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Laptop processors ranking (126th and 37th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Radeon 780M Radeon 8050S
GPU Base Clock 800 MHz 1295 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2700 MHz 2800 MHz
Shading Units 768 2048
TMUs 48 128
ROPs 32 64
Execution Units 12 32
TGP 15 W 55 W
iGPU FLOPS
Ryzen Z1 Extreme
4.1 TFLOPS
Ryzen AI Max 385 +180%
11.5 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 8050S compared to Radeon 780M

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5x-7500		 - LPDDR5X-8000
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 4
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 256 GB/s
ECC Support Yes No

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme official page AMD Ryzen AI Max 385 official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 16

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen AI Max 385 or Z1 Extreme?
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S R April 14, 2026 at 07:30 AM
Launch date for z1 extreme is incorrect.
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Serhii April 14, 2026 at 07:50 AM
thank you for your help
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