Intel Core Ultra 9 386H vs AMD Ryzen AI 9 465
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We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.1 GHz Intel Core Ultra 9 386H with 16-cores against the 2.0 GHz AMD Ryzen AI 9 465 with 10-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
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
Choose your main usage scenario to recalculate the Final Score and see which CPU suits your needs.
Key Differences
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 9 386H
- More modern manufacturing process – 2 versus 4 nanometers
- Around 64 GB/s (71%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- Has 6 more physical cores
- Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI 9 465
- Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
- More powerful Radeon 880M integrated graphics: 4.5 vs 2.6 TFLOPS
- Has 6 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
- 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 4.9 GHz)
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
| Cinebench 2026 (Single) | 502 | 451 |
| Cinebench 2026 (Multi) | 4687 | 4354 |
Cinebench Scores (104th and 134th place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 1420 MB/sec | 1260 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 118.2 Klines/sec | 104.8 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 426.1 pages/sec | 307.9 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 483.8 Mpixels/sec | 431.6 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 286.3 pages/sec | 310 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 65.7 images/sec | 59.4 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 157.6 images/sec | 124 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 24.3 Mpixels/sec | 22.8 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 87.7 GOps/sec | 100.7 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 109.4 GOps/sec | 63 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 347M Primes/sec | 123M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 43.6M Strings/sec | 37.8M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 27.8 GBytes/sec | 17.9 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 365.2 MBytes/sec | 354.4 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 3086 Frames/sec | 1697 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 30.2B Matrices/sec | 25.1B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 49.6 PPW | 20.2 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 668.2 PPW | 249.1 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 1446.8 PPW | 542.9 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 9.76 PPW | 5.37 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Specifications
Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 9 386H and AMD Ryzen AI 9 465General
| 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 | 386H | 465 |
| Integrated GPU | Xe3 Graphics | Radeon 880M |
| Rival Equivalent | - AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 | - |
Intel CPU rating (#43rd place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#40th place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 4 | 4 |
| P-Threads | 4 | 8 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 2.1 GHz | 2.0 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 4.9 GHz | 5 GHz |
| E-Cores | 12 | 6 |
| E-Threads | 12 | 12 |
| Base Frequency (E) | 1.6 GHz | 2.0 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (E) | 3.7 GHz | 3.3 GHz |
| Total Cores | 16 | 10 |
| Total Threads | 16 | 20 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 20x | 20x |
| L1 Cache | 192K (per core) | 80K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 2560K (per core) | 1MB (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 18MB (shared) | 24MB (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 (55th and 65th place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Intel Xe3 Graphics | Radeon 880M |
| GPU Base Clock | 300 MHz | 400 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 2500 MHz | 2900 MHz |
| Shading Units | 512 | 768 |
| TMUs | 32 | 48 |
| ROPs | 16 | 16 |
| Execution Units | 4 | 12 |
| TGP | 25 W | 15 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5X-9600 - DDR5-7200 |
- DDR5-5600 - LPDDR5X-8533 |
| Max. Memory Size | 128 GB | 256 GB |
| Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 153.6 GB/s | 89.6 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
| Official Site | Intel Core Ultra 9 386H official page | AMD Ryzen AI 9 465 official page |
| PCI Express Version | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 20 | 16 |
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