AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 385 vs Intel Core i5 8250U
We compared two laptop CPUs: AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 385 with 8 cores 3.6GHz and Intel Core i5 8250U with 4 cores 1.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 385 's Advantages
Released 7 years and 5 months late
Higher specification of memory (8000 vs 2400)
Larger memory bandwidth (256GB/s vs 37.5GB/s)
Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3.0)
Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 1.6GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 6MB)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 14nm)
Intel Core i5 8250U 's Advantages
Lower TDP (15W vs 55W)
Score
General Parameters
Jan 2025
Release Date
Aug 2017
AMD
Manufacturer
Intel
Laptop
Type
Laptop
x86-64
Instruction Set
x86-64
Strix Halo
Core Architecture
Kaby Lake R
-
Processor Number
i5-8250U
AMD Socket FP11
Socket
BGA-1356
Radeon 8050S
Integrated Graphics
UHD Graphics 620
Ryzen AI Max (Zen 5 (Strix Halo))
Generation
-
Package
4 nm
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
55 W
Power Consumption
15 W
120 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
-
100°C
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
TSMC
Foundry
-
CPU Performance
8
Performance Cores
4
16
Performance Core Threads
8
3.6 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
1.6 GHz
5 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.4 GHz
8
Total Core Count
4
16
Total Thread Count
8
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
36.0
Multiplier
16x
80 KB per core
L1 Cache
64 K per core
1 MB per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
32 MB shared
L3 Cache
6 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
1
SMP
-
Memory Parameters
LPDDR5X-8000
Memory Types
DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133
128 GB
Max Memory Size
32 GB
4
Max Memory Channels
2
256 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
37.5 GB/s
Yes
ECC Memory Support
No
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
-
GPU Base Frequency
300 MHz
2800 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1100 MHz
-
Shader Units
192
-
Texture Units
24
-
Raster Operation Units
3
32
Execution Units
24
-
Power Consumption
15 W
-
Max Resolution
4096x2304 - 60 Hz
-
Graphics Performance
0.38 TFLOPS
AI Accelerator
AMD Ryzen™ AI
NPU
-
50 TOPS
Theoretical performance
-
Miscellaneous
4
PCIe Version
3.0
16
PCIe Lanes
12
-
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
