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Intel Core Ultra 9 386H vs AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470

69 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 9 386H
VS
69 out of 100
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470
Intel Core Ultra 9 386H
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470

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 470 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 470 and 386H
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 4 more physical cores
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470
  • More powerful Radeon 890M integrated graphics: 6.3 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
  • 6% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.2 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 470

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 502 491
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 4687 5224
Cinebench Scores (104th and 138th 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 1330 MB/sec
Clang compilation 118.2 Klines/sec 132.1 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 426.1 pages/sec 343.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 483.8 Mpixels/sec 503.3 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 286.3 pages/sec 310.1 pages/sec
Background blur 65.7 images/sec 65.2 images/sec
Photo processing 157.6 images/sec 140.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 24.3 Mpixels/sec 31.3 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 87.7 GOps/sec 130.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 109.4 GOps/sec 81.3 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 347M Primes/sec 125M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 43.6M Strings/sec 51.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 27.8 GBytes/sec 23.7 GBytes/sec
Data compression 365.2 MBytes/sec 484.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 3086 Frames/sec 1851 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 30.2B Matrices/sec 34.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 156 & 103 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 19.8 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 668.2 PPW 268.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 1446.8 PPW 685.4 PPW
Blender / Watt 9.76 PPW 4.03 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 HX 470

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 386H 470
Integrated GPU Xe3 Graphics Radeon 890M
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 - Intel Core Ultra 9 386H
Intel CPU rating (#43rd place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#36th 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 5.2 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 100°C 100°C
Laptop processors ranking (55th and 54th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Xe3 Graphics Radeon 890M
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2500 MHz 3100 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 470 +142%
6.3 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 890M compared to Xe3 Graphics (4-Core)

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 HX 470 official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 16

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Comments

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