Follow us
Share link
Submit benchmark
VS
AMD Ryzen AI Max 385 vs AMD Ryzen 7 250
Last updated:
Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Cinebench 2026 Single-Thread
Single-core performance
AMD Ryzen AI Max 385
100 %
8C / 16T · 5.00 GHz
AMD Ryzen 7 250
92 %
8C / 16T · 5.10 GHz
Cinebench 2026 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
AMD Ryzen AI Max 385
100 %
8C / 16T · 5.00 GHz
AMD Ryzen 7 250
76 %
8C / 16T · 5.10 GHz
Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance
AMD Ryzen AI Max 385
100 %
8C / 16T · 5.00 GHz
AMD Ryzen 7 250
95 %
8C / 16T · 5.10 GHz
Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
AMD Ryzen AI Max 385
100 %
8C / 16T · 5.00 GHz
AMD Ryzen 7 250
86 %
8C / 16T · 5.10 GHz
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
AMD Ryzen AI Max 385
100 %
8C / 16T · 5.00 GHz
AMD Ryzen 7 250
85 %
8C / 16T · 5.10 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
AMD Ryzen AI Max 385
100 %
8C / 16T · 3.60 GHz
AMD Ryzen 7 250
57 %
8C / 16T · 3.30 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
AMD Ryzen AI Max 385
100 %
AMD Radeon 8050S Graphics
AMD Ryzen 7 250
18 %
AMD Radeon 780M
AI performance (NPU)
AMD Ryzen AI Max 385
100 %
8C / 16T · 3.60 GHz
AMD Ryzen 7 250
32 %
8C / 16T · 3.30 GHz
More benchmarks
Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries
218 entries
Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries
219 entries
Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries
427 entries
Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries
422 entries
Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries
690 entries
Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries
665 entries
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
1,989 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
1,927 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
AI performance (NPU)
218 entries
218 entries
Specifications
At a glance
|
Wischen
|
AMD Ryzen AI Max 385 | AMD Ryzen 7 250 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | AMD Ryzen AI Max (3) | AMD Ryzen 7 (79) |
| CPU group | AMD Ryzen AI MAX 300 (7) | AMD Ryzen 200 (11) |
| Architecture | Strix Halo (Zen 5) | Hawk Point (Zen 4) |
| Technology | 4 nm | 4 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Notebook |
| Socket | FP11 | FP8 |
| Predecessor | ||
| Successor |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
|
Wischen
|
AMD Ryzen AI Max 385 | AMD Ryzen 7 250 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 8 / 16 | 8 / 16 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✓ | ✓ |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Cores: | 8x Zen 5 | 8x Zen 4 |
| Frequency: | 3.60 GHz | 3.30 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core): | 5.00 GHz | 5.10 GHz |
| Turbo (All Cores): | ||
| L2-Cache | 8.00 MB | 8.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 32.00 MB | 16.00 MB |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
|
Wischen
|
AMD Ryzen AI Max 385 | AMD Ryzen 7 250 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | AMD Radeon 8050S Graphics | AMD Radeon 780M |
| GPU frequency | 0.60 - 2.80 GHz | 0.80 - 2.70 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 32 / 2048 | 12 / 768 |
| Raytracing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Max. displays | 4 | 4 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 96 GB | 32 GB |
| Technology | 4 nm | 4 nm |
| Release date | Q2/2025 | Q1/2023 |
NPU AI performance
|
Wischen
|
AMD Ryzen AI Max 385 | AMD Ryzen 7 250 |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | AMD Ryzen™ AI | AMD Ryzen™ AI |
| AI specifications | AMD Ryzen™ AI (XDNA 2) @ 50 TOPS | AMD Ryzen™ AI (XDNA) @ 16 TOPS |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU | 106 TOPS | 38 TOPS |
Memory & PCIe
|
Wischen
|
AMD Ryzen AI Max 385 | AMD Ryzen 7 250 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR5X-8000 (256.0 GB/s) | LPDDR5X-7500 (120.0 GB/s) DDR5-5600 (89.6 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 128 GB | 256 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC | Yes | No |
| PCIe | 4.0 x 16 | 4.0 x 20 |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 31.5 GB/s | 39.4 GB/s |
Thermal Management
|
Wischen
|
AMD Ryzen AI Max 385 | AMD Ryzen 7 250 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 55 W | 28 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | 120 W | 30 W |
| TDP down | 45 W | 15 W |
| T. junction max. | 100 °C | 100 °C |
Technical details
|
Wischen
|
AMD Ryzen AI Max 385 | AMD Ryzen 7 250 |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux | Windows 11, Linux |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512 | SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512 |
| Release date | Q2/2025 | Q1/2024 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of AMD Ryzen AI Max 385 is 1.9 stars (66 ratings), while AMD Ryzen 7 250 has received 4.2 stars (41 ratings).
Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.
Most popular CPUs in both categories
1
Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 32-GPU)
18C / 18T · 4.61 GHz
2
Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)
24C / 24T · 3.50 GHz
3
Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 40-GPU)
18C / 18T · 4.61 GHz
4
Apple M5 Pro (15-CPU 16-GPU)
15C / 15T · 4.61 GHz
5
Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
20C / 20T · 3.20 GHz
6
Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU)
24C / 24T · 3.50 GHz
7
Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU)
8C / 8T · 3.20 GHz
8
AMD Ryzen 7 250
8C / 16T · 5.10 GHz
9
AMD Ryzen AI Max 385
8C / 16T · 5.00 GHz
Popular Comparisons
