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Intel Core i9 14900HX vs AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 380

72 out of 100
Intel Core i9 14900HX
VS
70 out of 100
AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 380
Intel Core i9 14900HX
AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 380

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.2 GHz Intel Core i9 14900HX with 24-cores against the 3.6 GHz AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 380 with 6-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

Please note that the tests on the Ryzen AI Max Pro 380 are done on an engineering sample provided by our insiders. The data will be more accurate after the final version of this CPU is available.
  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 380 and 14900HX
Advantages of Intel Core i9 14900HX
  • Has 18 more physical cores
  • Has 20 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 18% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.8 GHz vs 4.9 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 380
  • More powerful Radeon 8040S integrated graphics: 5.7 vs 0.8 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 10 nanometers
  • Newer - released 1 year and 1 month later
  • Around 38.4 GB/s (43%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i9 14900HX
vs
Ryzen AI Max Pro 380

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#45th place)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 1420 MB/sec -
Clang compilation 173.5 Klines/sec -
HTML 5 Browser 463.6 pages/sec -
PDF Renderer 508.4 Mpixels/sec -
Text processing 287.7 pages/sec -
Background blur 54.6 images/sec -
Photo processing 154.7 images/sec -
Ray tracing 39.9 Mpixels/sec -
Sources: GeekBench [1] – 545 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 157.2 GOps/sec -
Floating point math 112.1 GOps/sec -
Find prime numbers 193M Primes/sec -
Random string sorting 60.8M Strings/sec -
Data encryption 32.6 GBytes/sec -
Data compression 539.1 MBytes/sec -
Physics 2631 Frames/sec -
Extended instructions 31.2B Matrices/sec -
Sources: PassMark [3] – 6694 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 32.4 PPW 28 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 335.1 PPW 283.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 794.6 PPW -
Blender / Watt 6.44 PPW 3.04 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i9 14900HX
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-09-22 (GEORGE FORMBY)Cinebench 2024124 / 1417
πŸ“˜ 2025-08-15 (jmtisi)Cinebench 2024111 / 629
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-26 (Ivan)Cinebench 2024125 / 1571
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-14 (JoeG)Cinebench 2024121 / 1334
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-05 (Justin0220)Cinebench 2024125 / 1064
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i9 14900HX and AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 380

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 9, 2024 January 7, 2025
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Refresh Zen 5 (Strix Halo)
Model number i9-14900HX 380
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (32EU) Radeon 8040S
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS - Apple M4 Pro (14-Core)
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX -
Intel CPU rating (#36th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 6
P-Threads 16 12
Base Frequency (P) 2.2 GHz 3.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.8 GHz 4.9 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 16 -
E-Threads 16 -
Base Frequency (E) 1.6 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.1 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 24 6
Total Threads 32 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 22x 36x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 36MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 45-55 W (configurable) 45-55 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 157 W 120 W
Socket BGA-1964 FP11
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (32EU) Radeon 8040S
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 1295 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1650 MHz 2800 MHz
Shading Units 256 1024
TMUs 16 64
ROPs 8 32
Execution Units 32 16
TGP 15 W 55 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i9 14900HX
0.8 TFLOPS
Ryzen AI Max Pro 380 +613%
5.7 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 8040S compared to UHD Graphics Xe (32 EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200		 - LPDDR5X-8000
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 128 GB/s
ECC Support Yes No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i9 14900HX official page AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 380 official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 16

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Comments

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