AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 388 vs Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Jan 2026
Jan 2026
Manufacturer
Amd
Intel
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Zen 5 (Strix Halo)
Arrow Lake
Integrated Graphics
Radeon 8060S
Arc Graphics (4-Cores)
Generation
Zen 5 (Strix Halo)
Ultra 9 (Arrow Lake-HX)
Series
Ryzen AI Max 300 Series
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Processor Number
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290HX
Package
Manufacturing Process
4 nm
3 nm
Socket
Custom
FCBGA-2114
Power Consumption
45-120 W
45-55 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
120 W
160 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
105 °C
Transistor Count
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17.8 billions
Foundry
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TSMC
Die Size
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243 mm²
Package
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FC-BGA
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
8
8
Performance Core Threads
16
8
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.6 GHz
2.7 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5.0 GHz
5.5 GHz
Total Core Count
8
24
Total Thread Count
16
24
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
36
27
L1 Cache
80 K per core
192 K per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
3 MB per core
L3 Cache
32 MB shared
36 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Yes
Efficiency Cores
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16
Efficiency Core Threads
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16
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
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1.8 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
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4.7 GHz
SMP
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1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
LPDDR5X-8000
DDR5-6400
Max Memory Size
128 GB
256 GB
Max Memory Channels
4
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
256 GB/s
102.4 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2900 MHz
2000 MHz
Shader Units
2560
512
Texture Units
160
32
Raster Operation Units
64
16
Execution Units
40
64
Power Consumption
45-120
14
GPU Base Frequency
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300 MHz
AI Accelerator
NPU
AMD Ryzen™ AI
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Theoretical performance
50 TOPS
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Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
4.0
5.0
PCIe Lanes
16
24
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
—
2,237
Cinebench R23
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38,581
Geekbench 6
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3,196
Geekbench 6
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21,569
Cinebench 2024
—
126
Cinebench 2024
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2,218
Passmark CPU
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5,006
Passmark CPU
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66,051
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.