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

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

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.6 GHz Intel Core Ultra 7 265HX with 20-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 265HX
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 7 265HX
  • Has 12 more physical cores
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-6400 RAM
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 4 nanometers
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 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 1.9 TFLOPS
  • Around 153.6 GB/s (150%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Supports quad-channel memory

Test in Benchmarks

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

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (60th 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 1250 MB/sec 1560 MB/sec
Clang compilation 194.4 Klines/sec 131.9 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 358 pages/sec 336.4 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 496.8 Mpixels/sec 486.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 335.2 pages/sec 343.4 pages/sec
Background blur 75.8 images/sec 80.4 images/sec
Photo processing 123.8 images/sec 145.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 40 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 126.2 GOps/sec 107 GOps/sec
Floating point math 160.5 GOps/sec 71.1 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 406M Primes/sec 165M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 62.1M Strings/sec 43.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 39.2 GBytes/sec 19.9 GBytes/sec
Data compression 508.4 MBytes/sec 406.5 MBytes/sec
Physics 2983 Frames/sec 1889 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 40.5B Matrices/sec 33.9B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 385 & 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 29.1 PPW 23.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 300.7 PPW 303.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 867.8 PPW 612.8 PPW
Blender / Watt 6.8 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 265HX 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 265HX 385
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (4-Cores) Radeon 8050S
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen AI Max 385 - Intel Core Ultra 7 265H
Intel CPU rating (#34th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#26th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 8 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.6 GHz 3.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.3 GHz 5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 12 -
E-Threads 12 -
Base Frequency (E) 2.3 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.6 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 20 8
Total Threads 20 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 26x 36x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 30MB (shared) 32MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Package

Fabrication Process 3 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 45-55 W (configurable) 45-55 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 160 W 120 W
Socket FCBGA-2114 FP11
Peak Temperature 105°C 100°C
Laptop processors ranking (38th and 37th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics (4-Cores) Radeon 8050S
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 1295 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1900 MHz 2800 MHz
Shading Units 512 2048
TMUs 32 128
ROPs 16 64
Execution Units 64 32
TGP 14 W 55 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 7 265HX
1.9 TFLOPS
Ryzen AI Max 385 +505%
11.5 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 8050S compared to Arc iGPU (4-Cores)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-6400 - LPDDR5X-8000
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 4
Max. Memory Bandwidth 102.4 GB/s 256 GB/s
ECC Support Yes No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 7 265HX official page AMD Ryzen AI Max 385 official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 24 16

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Comments

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