AMD Ryzen AI 5 440 vs Intel Core Ultra X9 388H

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen AI 5 440, vs Intel Core Ultra X9 388H. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen AI 5 440 and Intel Core Ultra X9 388H
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen AI 5 440
112
Intel Core Ultra X9 388H
130
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen AI 5 440
689
Intel Core Ultra X9 388H
1324
PassMark
Integer Mathn/a90.6 GOps/s
Floating-Point Mathn/a112.3 GOps/s
Prime Number Searchn/a381 M primes/s
Random String Sortn/a48.7 M strings/s
Data Encryptionn/a30 GB/s
Data Compressionn/a392.3 MB/s
Physicsn/a3460 frames/s
Extended Instructionsn/a329 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
File Compression955.4 MB/s1490 MB/s
Clang Compilation75.2 KLines/s141.1 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser216.2 pages/s477.4 pages/s
PDF Rendering287.7 MP/sec539.5 MP/sec
Text Processing305 pages/s323.1 pages/s
Background Blur58.1 frames/s61.5 frames/s
Photo Processing82.1 frames/s177.3 frames/s
Ray Tracing17.5 MP/sec28.4 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen AI 5 440
n/a
Intel Core Ultra X9 388H
297.18

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 200.2 PPW 701.8 PPW
PassMark CPU / W n/a 1452.7 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 12.8 PPW 53 PPW
Blender / W n/a 11.89 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Intel
Announced January, 5, 2026 January, 5, 2026
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 5 (Gorgon Point) Panther Lake
Model number 440 388H
Integrated GPU Radeon 840M Arc B390

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 3 4
Threads 6 4
Frequency 2.0 GHz 2.1 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4.8 GHz 5.1 GHz
Efficiency cores
Cores312
Threads612
Frequency2.0 GHz1.6 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo)3.5 GHz4 GHz
General
Cores count616
Threads count1216
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier20x21x
L1 cache80 KB/core192 KB/core
L2 cache1000 KB/core2560 KB/core
L3 Cache16 MB total18 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Process tech. 4 nm 2 nm
Power (TDP) 15-54 W 15-25 W
Max TDP (Boost) n/a 80 W
Socket FP8 FCBGA2540
Critical temp. 100 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5X-8533
LPDDR5X-9600
Max Size 256 GB 96 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support No No
Max memory bandwidth n/a 153.6 GB

Other

PCIe Version 4.0 5.0
Max PCIe Lanes 16 12

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Intel Core Ultra X9 388H the clear winner in this comparison.

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