Intel Core Ultra 7 164U vs AMD Ryzen AI Max 385
We compared two laptop CPUs: Intel Core Ultra 7 164U with 12 cores 1.1GHz and AMD Ryzen AI Max 385 with 8 cores 3.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
Intel Core Ultra 7 164U 's Advantages
Lower TDP (9W vs 55W)
AMD Ryzen AI Max 385 's Advantages
Released 1 years and 1 months late
Integrated graphics card
Higher specification of memory (8000 vs 5)
Larger memory bandwidth (256GB/s vs 102.4GB/s)
Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 4)
Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 1.1GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 12MB)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 7nm)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Intel Core Ultra 7 164U
2172
AMD Ryzen AI Max 385
+33%
2892
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Intel Core Ultra 7 164U
8552
AMD Ryzen AI Max 385
+101%
17206
General Parameters
Dec 2023
Release Date
Jan 2025
Intel
Manufacturer
AMD
Laptop
Type
Laptop
-
Instruction Set
x86-64
Meteor Lake
Core Architecture
Zen 5 (Strix Halo)
Intel BGA 2551
Socket
FP11
Arc Xe-LPG 64EU
Integrated Graphics
Radeon 8050S
Ultra 7 (Meteor Lake)
Generation
Ryzen AI Max (Zen 5 (Strix Halo))
Package
-
Transistor Count
7 nm
Manufacturing Process
4 nm
9 W
Power Consumption
45-55 W
-
Max Turbo Power Consumption
120 W
110°C
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
Intel
Foundry
TSMC
-
I/O Process Size
6 nm
CPU Performance
2
Performance Cores
8
4
Performance Core Threads
16
1.1 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.6 GHz
4.8 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5 GHz
10
Efficiency Cores
0
10
Efficiency Core Threads
700 MHz
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
3.8 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
12
Total Core Count
8
14
Total Thread Count
16
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
11.0
Multiplier
36
112 KB per core
L1 Cache
80 K per core
2 MB per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
12 MB shared
L3 Cache
32 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
1
SMP
1
Memory Parameters
DDR5
Depends on motherboard
Memory Types
LPDDR5X-8000
-
Max Memory Size
128 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
2
102.4 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
256 GB/s
No
ECC Memory Support
No
Graphics Card Parameters
-
Integrated Graphics
true
-
GPU Base Frequency
-
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2800 MHz
-
Shader Units
2048
-
Texture Units
128
-
Raster Operation Units
64
-
Execution Units
32
-
Power Consumption
45-120
-
Max Resolution
-
Graphics Performance
11.5 TFLOPS
AI Accelerator
-
NPU
AMD Ryzen™ AI
-
Theoretical performance
55 TOPS
