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Intel Core Ultra 7 356H vs AMD Ryzen AI 7 450

67 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 7 356H
VS
65 out of 100
AMD Ryzen AI 7 450
Intel Core Ultra 7 356H
AMD Ryzen AI 7 450

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.9 GHz Intel Core Ultra 7 356H with 16-cores against the 2.0 GHz AMD Ryzen AI 7 450 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 450 and 356H
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 7 356H
  • More modern manufacturing process – 2 versus 4 nanometers
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • Around 25.6 GB/s (29%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI 7 450
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • More powerful Radeon 860M integrated graphics: 3.2 vs 2.5 TFLOPS
  • 9% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.1 GHz vs 4.7 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 7 356H
vs
Ryzen AI 7 450

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 4053 -
Cinebench Scores (122nd and 162nd 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 1200 MB/sec 1180 MB/sec
Clang compilation 119.5 Klines/sec 97.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 241.3 pages/sec 291.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 421.6 Mpixels/sec 418.3 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 295.8 pages/sec 303.8 pages/sec
Background blur 60.7 images/sec 67.2 images/sec
Photo processing 117.9 images/sec 125.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 22.9 Mpixels/sec 23 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 83 GOps/sec 86.9 GOps/sec
Floating point math 102.9 GOps/sec 53.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 325M Primes/sec 86M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 41.4M Strings/sec 34.9M Strings/sec
Data encryption 26.5 GBytes/sec 15.9 GBytes/sec
Data compression 339.3 MBytes/sec 310.7 MBytes/sec
Physics 2860 Frames/sec 1522 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 28.3B Matrices/sec 22.1B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 176 & 24 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core Ultra 7 356H +8%
231.19
Ryzen AI 7 450
213.22

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 45.7 PPW 18 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 636.6 PPW 253.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 1364.6 PPW 478.2 PPW
Blender / Watt 9.25 PPW 3.95 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 356H and AMD Ryzen AI 7 450

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 356H 450
Integrated GPU Xe3 Graphics (4-Core) Radeon 860M
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen AI 7 450 - Intel Core Ultra 7 356H
Intel CPU rating (#55th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#45th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 4
P-Threads 4 8
Base Frequency (P) 1.9 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz 5.1 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 12 4
E-Threads 12 8
Base Frequency (E) 1.5 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.5 GHz 3.6 GHz
Total
Total Cores 16 8
Total Threads 16 16
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) 16MB (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 (67th and 72nd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core) Radeon 860M
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 600 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2450 MHz 3100 MHz
Shading Units 512 512
TMUs 32 32
ROPs 16 16
Execution Units 4 8
TGP 25 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 7 356H
2.5 TFLOPS
Ryzen AI 7 450 +28%
3.2 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 860M compared to Xe3 Graphics (4-Core)

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-8533
- DDR5-7200		 - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5X-8533
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 115.2 GB/s 89.6 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 7 356H official page AMD Ryzen AI 7 450 official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 16

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Total votes: 44

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Comments

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