Nvidia RTX Spark N1X (20-Core) vs AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.7 GHz Nvidia RTX Spark N1X (20-Core) with 20-cores against the 3.0 GHz AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 with 16-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

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
NanoReview Final Score
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 395 and (20-Core)
Advantages of Nvidia RTX Spark N1X (20-Core)
  • Newer - released 1 year and 9 months later
  • More powerful Nvidia N1X (48SM) integrated graphics: 31.2 vs 14.8 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 3 versus 4 nanometers
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • Newer PCI Express version โ€“ 5.0
  • Around 44 GB/s (17%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395
  • Has 48 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • 24% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.1 GHz vs 4.1 GHz)

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 2026 (Single) - 619
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 6787 7559
Cinebench Scores (50th and 38th 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 - 2050 MB/sec
Clang compilation - 202 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser - 527.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer - 586.3 Mpixels/sec
Text processing - 339.2 pages/sec
Background blur - 72.8 images/sec
Photo processing - 200 images/sec
Ray tracing - 45.8 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 - 200.8 GOps/sec
Floating point math - 128.8 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers - 303M Primes/sec
Random string sorting - 76.2M Strings/sec
Data encryption - 35.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression - 691 MBytes/sec
Physics - 3481 Frames/sec
Extended instructions - 56.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 1115 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 38.4 PPW 15.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 451 PPW 186.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 938.3 PPW 458 PPW
Blender / Watt 8.96 PPW 3.51 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
Nvidia RTX Spark N1X (20-Core)
No benchmark results yet
AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-06-20 -> RhyndGeekbench 6 CPU2885 / 20105
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-04-23 -> RhyndCinebench 2026619 / 7559
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-04-20 (Rhynd)Cinebench 2026608 / 7101
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-09-11 (dsc)Cinebench 2024115 / 1855
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-06-30 (Declan)Geekbench 6 CPU2744 / 17850

Specifications

Full technical specification of Nvidia RTX Spark N1X (20-Core) and AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released September 3, 2026 January 7, 2025
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Codename Blackwell Zen 5 (Strix Halo)
Model number AHJ11488B -
Integrated GPU Nvidia N1X (48SM) Radeon 8060S
Rival Equivalent - Apple M5 Max (40-ัore GPU) - Apple M4 Pro (14-Core)
Intel CPU rating (#15th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 10 16
P-Threads 10 32
Base Frequency (P) 1.7 GHz 3.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.1 GHz 5.1 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 10 -
E-Threads 10 -
Base Frequency (E) 1.5 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 2.8 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 20 16
Total Threads 20 32
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 41x 30x
L1 Cache 128K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 16MB (shared) 64MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 3 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 45 W 45-120 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 85 W -
Socket Custom FP11
Peak Temperature - 100ยฐC
Die Size 207.85 mmยฒ -
Laptop processors ranking (20th and 16th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Nvidia N1X (48SM) Radeon 8060S
GPU Base Clock 1665 MHz 1295 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2535 MHz 2900 MHz
Shading Units 6144 2560
TMUs 192 160
ROPs 48 64
Execution Units 48 40
TGP - 55 W
iGPU FLOPS
31.2 TFLOPS
14.8 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-9400 - LPDDR5X-8000
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels - 4
Max. Memory Bandwidth 300 GB/s 256 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site - AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes - 16

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