AMD Ryzen AI 9 465 vs Intel Core Ultra X9 388H

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen AI 9 465, vs Intel Core Ultra X9 388H. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen AI 9 465 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 9 465
115
Intel Core Ultra X9 388H
130
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen AI 9 465
1028
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 Compression1260 MB/s1490 MB/s
Clang Compilation104.8 KLines/s141.1 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser307.9 pages/s477.4 pages/s
PDF Rendering431.6 MP/sec539.5 MP/sec
Text Processing310 pages/s323.1 pages/s
Background Blur59.4 frames/s61.5 frames/s
Photo Processing124 frames/s177.3 frames/s
Ray Tracing22.8 MP/sec28.4 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen AI 9 465
n/a
Intel Core Ultra X9 388H
297.18

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 263.5 PPW 701.8 PPW
PassMark CPU / W n/a 1452.7 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 19 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 465 388H
Integrated GPU Radeon 880M Arc B390

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 4 4
Threads 8 4
Frequency 2.0 GHz 2.1 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5 GHz 5.1 GHz
Efficiency cores
Cores612
Threads1212
Frequency2.0 GHz1.6 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo)3.3 GHz4 GHz
General
Cores count1016
Threads count2016
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier20x21x
L1 cache80 KB/core192 KB/core
L2 cache1000 KB/core2560 KB/core
L3 Cache24 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

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