Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U vs Ryzen AI Max+ 388
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen AI Max+ 388 outperforms Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U by an impressive 88% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 394 | 939 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | no data | Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000) |
| Power efficiency | no data | 68.14 |
| Designer | AMD | AMD |
| Manufacturer | no data | TSMC |
| Architecture codename | Strix Halo (2025) | Cezanne-U PRO (Zen 3) (2021) |
| Release date | no data | 16 March 2021 (4 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Ryzen AI Max+ 388 and Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.
| Physical cores | 8 (Octa-Core) | 8 (Octa-Core) |
| Threads | 16 | 16 |
| Base clock speed | 3.6 GHz | 1.9 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 5 GHz | 4.4 GHz |
| Multiplier | no data | 19 |
| L1 cache | no data | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | no data | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | no data | 16 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | no data | 7 nm |
| Die size | no data | 180 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 105 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 10,700 million |
| 64 bit support | - | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | no data | + |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen AI Max+ 388 and Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.
| Number of CPUs in a configuration | no data | 1 |
| Socket | no data | FP6 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 8 MB + 32 MB | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen AI Max+ 388 and Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | PRO, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| FMA | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen AI Max+ 388 and Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen AI Max+ 388 and Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR4 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 2000 MHz) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen AI Max+ 388 and Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 8 |
Synthetic benchmarks
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 17.98 | 9.54 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 8 Watt | 15 Watt |
Ryzen AI Max+ 388 has a 88.5% higher aggregate performance score, and 87.5% lower power consumption.
The AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 388 is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U in performance tests.
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