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Intel Core Ultra 7 268V vs AMD Ryzen AI Max 385

60 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 7 268V
VS
73 out of 100
AMD Ryzen AI Max 385
Intel Core Ultra 7 268V
AMD Ryzen AI Max 385

We compared two 8-core laptop CPUs: the 2.2 GHz Intel Core Ultra 7 268V against the 3.6 GHz AMD Ryzen 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

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 268V
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 7 268V
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 4 nanometers
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI Max 385
  • Supports up to 128 GB LPDDR5X-8000 RAM
  • More powerful Radeon 8050S integrated graphics: 11.5 vs 4.1 TFLOPS
  • Has 20 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Supports quad-channel memory

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 7 268V
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 1030 MB/sec 1560 MB/sec
Clang compilation 69 Klines/sec 131.9 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 274.2 pages/sec 336.4 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 289.2 Mpixels/sec 486.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 307.6 pages/sec 343.4 pages/sec
Background blur 51.3 images/sec 80.4 images/sec
Photo processing 117.4 images/sec 145.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 14.4 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 42.7 GOps/sec 107 GOps/sec
Floating point math 57.6 GOps/sec 71.1 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 192M Primes/sec 165M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 22.4M Strings/sec 43.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 13.8 GBytes/sec 19.9 GBytes/sec
Data compression 181.3 MBytes/sec 406.5 MBytes/sec
Physics 1616 Frames/sec 1889 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 15.3B Matrices/sec 33.9B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 1293 & 23 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core Ultra 7 268V
116.43
Ryzen AI Max 385 +159%
301.53

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 17.2 PPW 23.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 302.6 PPW 303.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 521.2 PPW 612.8 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.15 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 268V and AMD Ryzen AI Max 385

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released September 4, 2024 January 7, 2025
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Lunar Lake Zen 5 (Strix Halo)
Model number 268V 385
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics 140V Radeon 8050S
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core Ultra 7 265H
Intel CPU rating (#81st place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#26th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 8
P-Threads 4 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.2 GHz 3.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5 GHz 5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 -
E-Threads 4 -
Base Frequency (E) 2.2 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.7 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 8 8
Total Threads 8 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 22x 36x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 2560K (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) 32MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 3 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 17-37 W (configurable) 45-55 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) - 120 W
Socket FCBGA-2833 FP11
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Laptop processors ranking (100th and 37th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Arc Graphics 140V Radeon 8050S
GPU Base Clock 600 MHz 1295 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2000 MHz 2800 MHz
Shading Units 1024 2048
TMUs - 128
ROPs - 64
Execution Units - 32
TGP 30 W 55 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 7 268V
4.1 TFLOPS
Ryzen AI Max 385 +180%
11.5 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 8050S compared to Arc 140V

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-8533 - LPDDR5X-8000
Max. Memory Size 32 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 4
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 256 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 7 268V official page AMD Ryzen AI Max 385 official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 8 16

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Comments

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