AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395 vs Intel Core Ultra 7 356H

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395, vs Intel Core Ultra 7 356H. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395 and Intel Core Ultra 7 356H
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 R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395
2029
Intel Core Ultra 7 356H
n/a
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395
29105
Intel Core Ultra 7 356H
n/a
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395
117
Intel Core Ultra 7 356H
122
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395
1640
Intel Core Ultra 7 356H
1093
PassMark
Integer Mathn/a81.8 GOps/s
Floating-Point Mathn/a100 GOps/s
Prime Number Searchn/a322 M primes/s
Random String Sortn/a38.2 M strings/s
Data Encryptionn/a25 GB/s
Data Compressionn/a313.1 MB/s
Physicsn/a2836 frames/s
Extended Instructionsn/a261 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395
2976
Intel Core Ultra 7 356H
n/a
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395
20948
Intel Core Ultra 7 356H
n/a
File Compression1700 MB/s1200 MB/s
Clang Compilation184.7 KLines/s119.5 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser478.7 pages/s241.3 pages/s
PDF Rendering519.1 MP/sec421.6 MP/sec
Text Processing312 pages/s295.8 pages/s
Background Blur72.2 frames/s60.7 frames/s
Photo Processing200 frames/s117.9 frames/s
Ray Tracing42.8 MP/sec22.9 MP/sec

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 380.9 PPW 557.9 PPW
PassMark CPU / W n/a 1297.5 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 29.8 PPW 43.7 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Intel
Announced January, 7, 2025 January, 5, 2026
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 5 (Strix Halo) Panther Lake
Model number n/a 356H
Integrated GPU Radeon 8060S Xe3 Graphics

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 16 4
Threads 32 4
Frequency 3.0 GHz 1.9 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5.1 GHz 4.7 GHz
Efficiency cores
Coresn/a12
Threadsn/a12
Frequencyn/a1.5 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo)n/a3.7 GHz
General
Cores count1616
Threads count3216
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier30x19x
L1 cache80 KB/core192 KB/core
L2 cache1000 KB/core2560 KB/core
L3 Cache64 MB total18 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Process tech. 4 nm 2 nm
Power (TDP) 45-55 W 15-25 W
Max TDP (Boost) 120 W 80 W
Socket Custom FCBGA2540
Critical temp. 100 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type LPDDR5X-8000 - LPDDR5X-8533
- DDR5-7200
Max Size 128 GB 128 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support Yes No

Other

PCIe Version 4.0 5.0
Max PCIe Lanes 16 20

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395 the clear winner in this comparison.

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