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Intel Core 9 270H vs AMD Ryzen AI Max 385

60 out of 100
Intel Core 9 270H
VS
73 out of 100
AMD Ryzen AI Max 385
Intel Core 9 270H
AMD Ryzen AI Max 385

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.7 GHz Intel Core 9 270H with 14-cores against the 3.6 GHz AMD Ryzen 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.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

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 270H
Advantages of Intel Core 9 270H
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 16% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.8 GHz vs 5 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI Max 385
  • More powerful Radeon 8050S integrated graphics: 11.5 vs 2.4 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 10 nanometers
  • Supports quad-channel memory
  • Has 8 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Supports up to 128 GB LPDDR5X-8000 RAM
  • 13% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2998 vs 2662 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core 9 270H
vs
Ryzen AI Max 385

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (182nd and 92nd 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)
Core 9 270H
2662
Ryzen AI Max 385 +13%
2998
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core 9 270H
13262
Ryzen AI Max 385 +26%
16686
File compression 1200 MB/sec 1560 MB/sec
Clang compilation 95.8 Klines/sec 131.9 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 354.4 pages/sec 336.4 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 393 Mpixels/sec 486.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 240.5 pages/sec 343.4 pages/sec
Background blur 51.6 images/sec 80.4 images/sec
Photo processing 121.8 images/sec 145.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 20.7 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)
Core 9 270H
28247
Ryzen AI Max 385 +19%
33705
Integer math 96 GOps/sec 107 GOps/sec
Floating point math 69.4 GOps/sec 71.1 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 110M Primes/sec 165M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 36.1M Strings/sec 43.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 18.9 GBytes/sec 19.9 GBytes/sec
Data compression 327.6 MBytes/sec 406.5 MBytes/sec
Physics 1939 Frames/sec 1889 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 19.7B Matrices/sec 33.9B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 54 & 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 20.2 PPW 23.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 294.7 PPW 303.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 627.7 PPW 612.8 PPW
Blender / Watt - 5.48 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core 9 270H and AMD Ryzen AI Max 385

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released December 18, 2024 January 7, 2025
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Zen 5 (Strix Halo)
Model number 270H 385
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (69EU) Radeon 8050S
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core Ultra 7 265H
Intel CPU rating (#80th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#26th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 8
P-Threads 12 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.7 GHz 3.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.8 GHz 5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 -
E-Threads 8 -
Base Frequency (E) 2.0 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.1 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 14 8
Total Threads 20 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 27x 36x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 32MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-45 W (configurable) 45-55 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W 120 W
Socket BGA-1744 FP11
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Laptop processors ranking (98th and 37th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (69EU) Radeon 8050S
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 1295 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1550 MHz 2800 MHz
Shading Units 768 2048
TMUs 48 128
ROPs 24 64
Execution Units 96 32
TGP 15 W 55 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core 9 270H
2.4 TFLOPS
Ryzen AI Max 385 +379%
11.5 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 8050S compared to Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-6400
- LPDDR5x-6400
- LPDDR4x-4267		 - LPDDR5X-8000
Max. Memory Size 96 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 4
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 256 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core 9 270H official page AMD Ryzen AI Max 385 official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 16

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Comments

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