Intel Core Ultra X9 388H vs AMD Ryzen AI Max 390

Intel Core Ultra X9 388H
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390
16 Cores
16 Threads
2.1GHz Clock
12 Cores
24 Threads
3.2GHz Clock
Socket
BGA 2540
Socket
FP11
iGPU
Arc B390 2500MHz
7.68 TFLOPS FP32
iGPU
Radeon 8050S
11.47 TFLOPS FP32
GB6S N/A
0%
GB6M N/A
0%
CB23S N/A
0%
CB23S N/A
0%
CB23M N/A
0%
CB23M N/A
0%
Manufacturer
Intel
Manufacturer
AMD
Architecture
Panther Lake
Architecture
Zen 5
Family
Core Ultra Series 3
Family
Ryzen AI 300
Instruction Set (ISA)
x86-64
Instruction Set (ISA)
x86-64
Codename
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Panther Lake-X-4P-12E
P-Core
Cougar Cove
M-Core
Darkmont
E-Core
Darkmont
Codename
Strix Halo
Eldora
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Zen 5
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-
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Market Segment
Laptop
Market Segment
Laptop
Release Date
1/5/2026
Release Date
1/6/2025
Foundry
Intel
TSMC (iGPU Die)
TSMC (PCH Die)
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Foundry
TSMC
TSMC (SoC Die)
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-
Node
Intel 18A
N3E (iGPU Die)
N6 (PCH Die)
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Node
N4X
N5 (SoC Die)
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-
Die Size
114 mm²
54 mm² (iGPU Die)
49 mm² (PCH Die)
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Die Size
2x 71 mm²
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-
-
Transistor Count
Unknown
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4 Million (PCH Die)
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Transistor Count
2x 8.3 Billion
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-
-
16 Cores
4 P-Cores
8 M-Cores
4 E-Cores
12 Cores
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-
-
16 Threads
4 P-Threads
8 M-Cores
4 E-Threads
24 Threads
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-
-
P-Core
2.1GHz
5.1GHz Boost
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-
3.2GHz
5GHz Boost
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M-Core
1.6GHz
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-
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-
E-Core
1.6GHz
3.7GHz Boost
-
-
-
Overclocking
Locked
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-
-
Overclocking
Locked
-
-
-
Integrated Chipset
-
Type
PCIe
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
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-
Transfer Rate
16GT/s
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-
-
-
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-
Lanes
4
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-
Bandwidth
8GB/s
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-
Bi-directional
16GB/s
L0 Instruction
64KB/Core
8-way set associative
L0 Instruction
-
-
L0 Data
48KB/Core
12-way set associative
L0 Data
-
-
L1 Instruction
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-
64KB/M-Core
8-way set associative
64KB/E-Core
8-way set associative
L1 Instruction
32KB/Core
8-way set associative
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-
-
-
L1 Data
192KB/P-Core
12-way set associative
32KB/M-Core
8-way set associative
32KB/E-Core
8-way set associative
L1 Data
48KB/Core
12-way set associative
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-
-
-
L2
3072KB/Core
10-way set associative
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-
-
-
8MB Shared (M-Core)
16-way set associative
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4MB Shared (E-Core)
16-way set associative
L2
1024KB/Core
16-way set associative
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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
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-
L3
-
18MB Shared
-
12-way set associative
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-
-
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L3
-
64MB Shared
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16-way set associative
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-
-
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-
-
-
-
-
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-
Channels
2
Channels
4
Max Memory
96GB
Max Memory
128GB
ECC
Not Supported
ECC
Not Supported
Bus Width/Channel
64Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Bus Width/Channel
64Bit
Bus Width
256Bit
Clock
4800MHz
Transfer Rate
9600MT/s
Clock
4000MHz
Transfer Rate
8000MT/s
Bandwidth/Channel
76.8GB/s
Bandwidth
153.6GB/s
Bandwidth/Channel
64.0GB/s
Bandwidth
256.0GB/s
TDP
25W
15W cTDP Down
-
80W Peak
TDP
65W
45W cTDP Down
120W cTDP Up
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Temp
100°C Max
-
Temp
100°C Max
-
Included Cooler
Not Included
Included Cooler
Not Included
PCIe 5.0 x4 Lanes
PCIe 4.0 x8 Lanes
PCIe 4.0 x16 Lanes
Arc B390 2500MHz
1536 Shaders
2500MHz
7.68 TFLOPS FP32
Radeon 8050S
2048 Shaders
2800MHz
11.47 TFLOPS FP32
NPU 5
XDNA 2
-
3 Cores
-
32 Cores
50 TOPS INT8
50 TOPS INT8
ISP
IPU 7.5
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No Cellular
No Cellular
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