Intel Core Ultra X7 368H vs AMD Ryzen AI Max PRO 485

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.0 GHz Intel Core Ultra X7 368H with 16-cores against the 3.6 GHz AMD Ryzen AI Max PRO 485 with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

Please note that the tests on the Ryzen AI Max PRO 485 are done on an engineering sample provided by our insiders. The data will be more accurate after the final version of this CPU is available.

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 485 and 368H
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra X7 368H
  • More modern manufacturing process – 2 versus 4 nanometers
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI Max PRO 485
  • Newer - released 8 months later
  • Supports up to 192 GB LPDDR5X-8533 RAM
  • Supports quad-channel memory
  • Has 14 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Around 102.4 GB/s (67%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • More powerful Radeon 8050S integrated graphics: 11.5 vs 7.7 TFLOPS

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#92nd place)

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 1450 MB/sec -
Clang compilation 131.5 Klines/sec -
HTML 5 Browser 459.5 pages/sec -
PDF Renderer 512.1 Mpixels/sec -
Text processing 301.9 pages/sec -
Background blur 71 images/sec -
Photo processing 177.8 images/sec -
Ray tracing 27.9 Mpixels/sec -
Sources: GeekBench [1]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 87.6 GOps/sec -
Floating point math 105.8 GOps/sec -
Find prime numbers 325M Primes/sec -
Random string sorting 38.7M Strings/sec -
Data encryption 25.5 GBytes/sec -
Data compression 317.4 MBytes/sec -
Physics 2893 Frames/sec -
Extended instructions 26.2B Matrices/sec -
Sources: PassMark [3] – 99 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 52.1 PPW -
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 646.9 PPW 307.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 1328.8 PPW -
Blender / Watt 7.91 PPW -
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra X7 368H and AMD Ryzen AI Max PRO 485

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 5, 2026 September 5, 2026
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Panther Lake -
Model number 368H 485
Integrated GPU Arc B390 Radeon 8050S
Intel CPU rating (#41st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 8
P-Threads 4 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.0 GHz 3.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5 GHz 5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 12 -
E-Threads 12 -
Base Frequency (E) 1.6 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.8 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 16 8
Total Threads 16 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 20x 36x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 2560K (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 18MB (shared) 32MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 2 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 15-25 W (configurable) 45-55 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 80 W 120 W
Socket FCBGA2540 FP11
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Arc B390 Radeon 8050S
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 1295 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2500 MHz 2800 MHz
Shading Units 1536 2048
TMUs 48 128
ROPs 24 64
Execution Units 12 32
TGP 30 W 55 W
iGPU FLOPS
7.7 TFLOPS
11.5 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-9600 - LPDDR5X-8533
Max. Memory Size 96 GB 192 GB
Memory Channels 2 4
Max. Memory Bandwidth 153.6 GB/s 256 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra X7 368H official page AMD Ryzen AI Max PRO 485 official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 12 16

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