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Intel Core Ultra 7 265H vs AMD Ryzen AI Max 385

70 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 7 265H
VS
73 out of 100
AMD Ryzen AI Max 385
Intel Core Ultra 7 265H
AMD Ryzen AI Max 385

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.2 GHz Intel Core Ultra 7 265H with 16-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 265H
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 7 265H
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 4 nanometers
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • More than 10° C higher critical temperature
  • 6% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.3 GHz vs 5 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI Max 385
  • More powerful Radeon 8050S integrated graphics: 11.5 vs 4.7 TFLOPS
  • Supports quad-channel memory
  • Has 8 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 7 265H
vs
Ryzen AI Max 385

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (120th and 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 1310 MB/sec 1560 MB/sec
Clang compilation 122.7 Klines/sec 131.9 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 405.7 pages/sec 336.4 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 467.8 Mpixels/sec 486.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 325.4 pages/sec 343.4 pages/sec
Background blur 66.5 images/sec 80.4 images/sec
Photo processing 150.8 images/sec 145.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 24.4 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 85.4 GOps/sec 107 GOps/sec
Floating point math 108.9 GOps/sec 71.1 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 335M Primes/sec 165M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 40.7M Strings/sec 43.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 26 GBytes/sec 19.9 GBytes/sec
Data compression 334.4 MBytes/sec 406.5 MBytes/sec
Physics 2493 Frames/sec 1889 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 26.8B Matrices/sec 33.9B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 1114 & 23 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core Ultra 7 265H
236.28
Ryzen AI Max 385 +28%
301.53

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 41.1 PPW 23.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 550.3 PPW 303.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 1214.3 PPW 612.8 PPW
Blender / Watt 8.44 PPW 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 Ultra 7 265H and AMD Ryzen AI Max 385

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 6, 2025 January 7, 2025
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake Zen 5 (Strix Halo)
Model number 265H 385
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics 140T Radeon 8050S
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 260 - Intel Core Ultra 7 265H
Intel CPU rating (#42nd place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#26th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 8
P-Threads 6 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.2 GHz 3.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.3 GHz 5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 10 -
E-Threads 10 -
Base Frequency (E) 1.7 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.5 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 16 8
Total Threads 16 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 22x 36x
L1 Cache 192K (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 3 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 20-28 W (configurable) 45-55 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W 120 W
Socket FCBGA-2049 FP11
Peak Temperature 110°C 100°C
Laptop processors ranking (52nd and 37th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics 140T Radeon 8050S
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 1295 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2300 MHz 2800 MHz
Shading Units 1024 2048
TMUs 64 128
ROPs 32 64
Execution Units 8 32
TGP 35 W 55 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 7 265H
4.7 TFLOPS
Ryzen AI Max 385 +145%
11.5 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 8050S compared to Arc 140T

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-8400
- LPDDR5x-8400
- DDR5-6400		 - LPDDR5X-8000
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 4
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 256 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 7 265H 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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