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Intel Core Ultra 9 386H vs AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370

69 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 9 386H
VS
72 out of 100
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
Intel Core Ultra 9 386H
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370

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 HX 370 with 12-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 370 and 386H
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 9 386H
  • Newer - released 1 year and 7 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 2 versus 4 nanometers
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
  • More powerful AMD Radeon 890M integrated graphics: 5.9 vs 2.6 TFLOPS
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • Has 6 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • 4% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.1 GHz vs 4.9 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 9 386H
vs
Ryzen AI 9 HX 370

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 502 475
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 4687 5200
Cinebench Scores (104th and 103rd 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 1420 MB/sec 1340 MB/sec
Clang compilation 118.2 Klines/sec 139.9 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 426.1 pages/sec 335.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 483.8 Mpixels/sec 468.2 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 286.3 pages/sec 322.1 pages/sec
Background blur 65.7 images/sec 63.8 images/sec
Photo processing 157.6 images/sec 124.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 24.3 Mpixels/sec 33.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 3 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 87.7 GOps/sec 122.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 109.4 GOps/sec 76.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 347M Primes/sec 127M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 43.6M Strings/sec 48.3M Strings/sec
Data encryption 27.8 GBytes/sec 22.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 365.2 MBytes/sec 442.7 MBytes/sec
Physics 3086 Frames/sec 1881 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 30.2B Matrices/sec 31.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 156 & 3074 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 49.6 PPW 23 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 668.2 PPW 295.9 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 1446.8 PPW 647.4 PPW
Blender / Watt 9.76 PPW 5.21 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core Ultra 9 386H
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AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
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πŸ“˜ 2026-08-26 (Nvdya)Cinebench 2024114 / 1135
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-24 (Peterr)Cinebench 2024117 / 962
πŸ“˜ 2025-03-18 (Rennsport)Geekbench 6 CPU2904 / 15532
πŸ“˜ 2025-03-18 (Asus Tuf FA608WI)Cinebench 2024104 / 1050
πŸ“˜ 2025-03-15 (Urxelix)Cinebench 2024116 / 1217
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 9 386H and AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 5, 2026 June 3, 2024
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Panther Lake Zen 5 (Strix Point)
Model number 386H 370
Integrated GPU Xe3 Graphics Radeon 890M
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 - Intel Core Ultra 9 285H
Successor - - AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470
Intel CPU rating (#43rd place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#31st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 4
P-Threads 4 8
Base Frequency (P) 2.1 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.9 GHz 5.1 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 12 8
E-Threads 12 16
Base Frequency (E) 1.6 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.7 GHz 3.3 GHz
Total
Total Cores 16 12
Total Threads 16 24
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 100Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (55th and 43rd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Xe3 Graphics AMD Radeon 890M
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2500 MHz 2900 MHz
Shading Units 512 1024
TMUs 32 64
ROPs 16 32
Execution Units 4 16
TGP 25 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 9 386H
2.6 TFLOPS
Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 +127%
5.9 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 890M compared to Xe3 Graphics (4-Core)

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-9600
- DDR5-7200		 - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5X-8000
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 153.6 GB/s -
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 9 386H official page AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 16

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Comments

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