Intel Core Ultra 5 338H vs AMD Ryzen AI 7 445

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.9 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 338H with 12-cores against the 2.0 GHz AMD Ryzen AI 7 445 with 6-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 445 and 338H
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 338H
  • More powerful Intel Arc B370 integrated graphics: 6.1 vs 1.5 TFLOPS
  • Has 10 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • More modern manufacturing process – 2 versus 4 nanometers
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • Around 46.9 GB/s (52%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.7 GHz vs 4.6 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI 7 445
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM

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 2026 (Single) 501 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 3840 -
Cinebench Scores (#163rd 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 1210 MB/sec 1040 MB/sec
Clang compilation 98.2 Klines/sec 76.8 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 371.3 pages/sec 248.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 368 Mpixels/sec 319.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 293 pages/sec 309.8 pages/sec
Background blur 59.2 images/sec 55.3 images/sec
Photo processing 118.3 images/sec 103.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 19.7 Mpixels/sec 17.6 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 63.8 GOps/sec 58.3 GOps/sec
Floating point math 82.6 GOps/sec 39.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 301M Primes/sec 55M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 33.8M Strings/sec 23.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 21.1 GBytes/sec 10.6 GBytes/sec
Data compression 274.2 MBytes/sec 215.3 MBytes/sec
Physics 2652 Frames/sec 972 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 23.7B Matrices/sec 15.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 51 & 55 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
205.46

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 38.7 PPW 12.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 561.3 PPW 187.3 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 1133.2 PPW 335.4 PPW
Blender / Watt 8.22 PPW 2.46 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 5 338H and AMD Ryzen AI 7 445

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 5, 2026 January 5, 2026
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Panther Lake Zen 5 (Gorgon Point)
Model number 338H 445
Integrated GPU Arc B370 Radeon 840M
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core Ultra 5 338H
Intel CPU rating (#56th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#83rd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 3
P-Threads 4 6
Base Frequency (P) 1.9 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz 4.6 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 3
E-Threads 8 6
Base Frequency (E) 1.5 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.4 GHz 3.4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 12 6
Total Threads 12 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 19x 20x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 2560K (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 18MB (shared) 8MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 2 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 15-25 W (configurable) 15-54 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 80 W -
Socket FCBGA2540 FP8
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Laptop processors ranking (68th and 135th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Arc B370 Radeon 840M
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2400 MHz 2900 MHz
Shading Units 1280 256
TMUs 40 16
ROPs 20 8
Execution Units 10 4
TGP 25 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
6.1 TFLOPS
1.5 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-8533 - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5X-8000
Max. Memory Size 96 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 136.5 GB/s 89.6 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 5 338H official page AMD Ryzen AI 7 445 official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 12 14

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