AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390 vs Intel Core Ultra 5 225U
We compared two laptop CPUs: AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390 with 12 cores 3.2GHz and Intel Core Ultra 5 225U with 12 cores 1.5GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (3.2GHz vs 1.5GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 12MB)
Intel Core Ultra 5 225U 's Advantages
Higher specification of memory (8400 vs 8000)
Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 4)
More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 4nm)
Lower TDP (15W vs 55W)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390
+12%
2831
Intel Core Ultra 5 225U
2516
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390
+69%
15953
Intel Core Ultra 5 225U
9418
General Parameters
Jan 2025
Release Date
Jan 2025
AMD
Manufacturer
Intel
Laptop
Type
Laptop
x86-64
Instruction Set
x86-64
Strix Halo
Core Architecture
Arrow Lake
-
Processor Number
225U
AMD Socket FP11
Socket
FCBGA-2049
Radeon 8050S
Integrated Graphics
Arc Graphics (4-Cores)
Ryzen AI Max (Zen 5 (Strix Halo))
Generation
-
Package
4 nm
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
55 W
Power Consumption
12-15 W
120 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
57 W
100°C
Peak Operating Temperature
110 °C
TSMC
Foundry
-
CPU Performance
12
Performance Cores
2
24
Performance Core Threads
4
3.2 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
1.5 GHz
5 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.8 GHz
-
Efficiency Cores
10
-
Efficiency Core Threads
10
-
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
1.3 GHz
-
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
3.8 GHz
12
Total Core Count
12
24
Total Thread Count
14
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
32.0
Multiplier
15
80 KB per core
L1 Cache
112 K per core
1 MB per core
L2 Cache
2 MB per core
64 MB shared
L3 Cache
12 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
1
SMP
-
Memory Parameters
LPDDR5x-8000
Memory Types
LPDDR5-8400,LPDDR5x-8400,DDR5-6400
128 GB
Max Memory Size
128 GB
4
Max Memory Channels
2
256 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
-
Yes
ECC Memory Support
No
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
2800 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2000 MHz
32
Execution Units
-
AI Accelerator
AMD Ryzen™ AI
NPU
-
50 TOPS
Theoretical performance
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