AMD Ryzen AI Max 385 vs Intel Core i5 1235U
We compared two laptop CPUs: AMD Ryzen AI Max 385 with 8 cores 3.6GHz and Intel Core i5 1235U with 10 cores 1.3GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
AMD Ryzen AI Max 385 's Advantages
Released 2 years and 11 months late
Better graphics card performance
Higher specification of memory (8000 vs 5200)
Larger memory bandwidth (256GB/s vs 76.8GB/s)
Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 1.3GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 12MB)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 10nm)
Intel Core i5 1235U 's Advantages
Lower TDP (15W vs 55W)
Score
Benchmark
Cinebench R23 Single Core
AMD Ryzen AI Max 385
+30%
2150
Intel Core i5 1235U
1652
Cinebench R23 Multi Core
AMD Ryzen AI Max 385
+337%
28876
Intel Core i5 1235U
6599
Geekbench 6 Single Core
AMD Ryzen AI Max 385
+36%
2892
Intel Core i5 1235U
2123
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
AMD Ryzen AI Max 385
+159%
17206
Intel Core i5 1235U
6631
General Parameters
Jan 2025
Release Date
Feb 2022
AMD
Manufacturer
Intel
Laptop
Type
Laptop
x86-64
Instruction Set
x86-64
Zen 5 (Strix Halo)
Core Architecture
Alder Lake-U
-
Processor Number
i5-1235U
FP11
Socket
BGA-1744
Radeon 8050S
Integrated Graphics
Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)
Ryzen AI Max (Zen 5 (Strix Halo))
Generation
-
Package
Transistor Count
-
4 nm
Manufacturing Process
10 nm
45-55 W
Power Consumption
15 W
120 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
-
100 °C
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
TSMC
Foundry
-
6 nm
I/O Process Size
-
CPU Performance
8
Performance Cores
2
16
Performance Core Threads
-
3.6 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
1.3 GHz
5 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.4 GHz
0
Efficiency Cores
8
Efficiency Core Threads
-
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
-
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
-
8
Total Core Count
10
16
Total Thread Count
12
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
36
Multiplier
13x
80 K per core
L1 Cache
80 K per core
1 MB per core
L2 Cache
1280 K per core
32 MB shared
L3 Cache
12 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
1
SMP
-
Memory Parameters
LPDDR5X-8000
Memory Types
DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267
128 GB
Max Memory Size
64 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
2
256 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
76.8 GB/s
No
ECC Memory Support
No
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
GPU Base Frequency
300 MHz
2800 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1200 MHz
2048
Shader Units
640
128
Texture Units
40
64
Raster Operation Units
20
32
Execution Units
80
45-120
Power Consumption
15 W
Max Resolution
-
11.5 TFLOPS
Graphics Performance
1.41 TFLOPS
AI Accelerator
AMD Ryzen™ AI
NPU
-
55 TOPS
Theoretical performance
-
