Intel Processor N97 vs AMD Ryzen AI Max 390
We compared two laptop CPUs: Intel Processor N97 with 4 cores 3.6GHz and AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 with 12 cores 3.2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
Intel Processor N97 's Advantages
Lower TDP (12W vs 55W)
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 's Advantages
Released 2 years late
Better graphics card performance
Higher specification of memory (8000 vs 4800)
Larger memory bandwidth (256GB/s vs 76.8GB/s)
Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 3.0)
Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 6MB)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 10nm)
Score
Benchmark
Cinebench R23 Single Core
Intel Processor N97
971
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390
+123%
2172
Cinebench R23 Multi Core
Intel Processor N97
2986
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390
+930%
30768
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Intel Processor N97
1229
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390
+136%
2909
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Intel Processor N97
2802
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390
+562%
18560
General Parameters
Jan 2023
Release Date
Jan 2025
Intel
Manufacturer
Amd
Laptop
Type
Laptop
x86-64
Instruction Set
x86-64
Alder Lake
Core Architecture
Zen 5 (Strix Halo)
N97
Processor Number
-
BGA-1264
Socket
FP11
UHD Graphics (24EU)
Integrated Graphics
Radeon 8050S
-
Generation
Ryzen AI Max (Zen 5 (Strix Halo))
Package
-
Transistor Count
10 nm
Manufacturing Process
4 nm
-
-
-
12 W
Power Consumption
55 W
-
Max Turbo Power Consumption
120 W
105°C
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
-
Foundry
TSMC
-
-
-
-
I/O Process Size
6 nm
-
-
-
-
-
-
CPU Performance
-
Performance Cores
12
-
Performance Core Threads
24
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.2 GHz
-
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5 GHz
4
Efficiency Cores
0
4
Efficiency Core Threads
3.6 GHz
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
-
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
4
Total Core Count
12
4
Total Thread Count
24
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
36x
Multiplier
32
-
-
-
96 K per core
L1 Cache
80 K per core
2 MB shared
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
6 MB shared
L3 Cache
64 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
-
-
-
-
-
SMP
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
Memory Parameters
DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-4800
Memory Types
LPDDR5X-8000
16 GB
Max Memory Size
128 GB
1
Max Memory Channels
2
76.8 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
256 GB/s
No
ECC Memory Support
No
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
-
GPU Base Frequency
1200 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2800 MHz
256
Shader Units
2048
16
Texture Units
128
8
Raster Operation Units
64
24
Execution Units
32
10 W
Power Consumption
45-120
-
Max Resolution
0.3 TFLOPS
Graphics Performance
11.47 TFLOPS
AI Accelerator
-
NPU
AMD Ryzen™ AI
-
Theoretical performance
50 TOPS
Miscellaneous
3.0
PCIe Version
5.0
9
PCIe Lanes
16
-
-
-
-
