AMD Ryzen AI Max 385 vs Intel Core i9-8950HK

AMD Ryzen AI Max 385
Intel Core i9-8950HK
8 Cores
16 Threads
3.6GHz Clock
6 Cores
12 Threads
2.9GHz Clock
Socket
FP11
Socket
BGA 1440
iGPU
Radeon 8050S
11.47 TFLOPS FP32
iGPU
UHD 630 1200MHz
460 GFLOPS FP32
GB6S N/A
0%
GB6M N/A
0%
CB23S N/A
0%
CB23S 1,195
46%
CB23M N/A
0%
CB23M 6,960
16%
Manufacturer
AMD
Manufacturer
Intel
Architecture
Zen 5
Architecture
Skylake
Family
Ryzen AI 300
Family
Core 8th Gen
Instruction Set (ISA)
x86-64
Instruction Set (ISA)
x86-64
Codename
Strix Halo
Eldora
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Zen 5
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Codename
Coffee Lake-H
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Coffee Lake-6C
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-
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-
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Market Segment
Laptop
Market Segment
Laptop
Release Date
1/6/2025
Release Date
4/5/2018
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC (SoC Die)
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-
Foundry
Intel
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-
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Node
N4X
N5 (SoC Die)
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Node
14nm++
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-
Die Size
71 mm²
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-
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Die Size
150 mm²
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-
-
Transistor Count
8.3 Billion
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-
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Transistor Count
2.5 Billion
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-
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8 Cores
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-
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6 Cores
-
-
-
16 Threads
-
-
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12 Threads
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-
-
-
3.6GHz
5GHz Boost
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-
2.9GHz
4.8GHz Boost
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-
-
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-
-
-
-
-
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-
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Overclocking
Locked
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-
-
Overclocking
Unlocked
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-
-
Type
PCIe
Type
DMI
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-
-
-
-
-
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-
Transfer Rate
16GT/s
Transfer Rate
8GT/s
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-
-
-
Lanes
4
Lanes
4
Bandwidth
8GB/s
Bandwidth
4GB/s
Bi-directional
16GB/s
Bi-directional
8GB/s
L0 Instruction
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-
L0 Instruction
-
-
L0 Data
-
-
L0 Data
-
-
L1 Instruction
32KB/Core
8-way set associative
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-
-
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L1 Instruction
32KB/Core
8-way set associative
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-
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L1 Data
48KB/Core
12-way set associative
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-
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L1 Data
32KB/Core
8-way set associative
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-
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L2
1024KB/Core
16-way set associative
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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
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L2
256KB/Core
4-way set associative
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-
-
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-
-
-
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L3
-
32MB Shared
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16-way set associative
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-
-
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L3
-
12MB Shared
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16-way set associative
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-
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Channels
4
Channels
2
Max Memory
128GB
Max Memory
64GB
ECC
Not Supported
ECC
Not Supported
Bus Width/Channel
64Bit
Bus Width
256Bit
Bus Width/Channel
64Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Clock
4000MHz
Transfer Rate
8000MT/s
Clock
1333MHz
Transfer Rate
2666MT/s
Bandwidth/Channel
64.0GB/s
Bandwidth
256.0GB/s
Bandwidth/Channel
21.3GB/s
Bandwidth
42.7GB/s
TDP
65W
45W cTDP Down
120W cTDP Up
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TDP
45W
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-
-
Temp
100°C Max
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Temp
100°C Max
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Included Cooler
Not Included
Included Cooler
Not Included
PCIe 4.0 x16 Lanes
PCIe 3.0 x16 Lanes
Radeon 8050S
2048 Shaders
2800MHz
11.47 TFLOPS FP32
UHD 630 1200MHz
192 Shaders
1200MHz
460 GFLOPS FP32
XDNA 2
No NPU
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32 Cores
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50 TOPS INT8
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No Cellular
No Cellular
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