AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 vs Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus

[ VERDICT ] Winner: Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus (98/100)

Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus leads overall with a score of 98/100 compared to AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 (76/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

AMD Ryzen AI Max 390
AMD

AMD Ryzen AI Max 390

76/100
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[ WINNER ]
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Intel

Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus

98/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Efficiency 77.0 Good WINNER 76.0 Good
Performance 83.0 Very Good 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Base Frequency (P) 3.2 GHz 3.7 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 3MB (per core)
L3 Cache 64MB (shared) 36MB (shared)
Multiplier 32x 37x
P-Cores 12 8
P-Threads 24 8
Total Cores 12 24
Total Threads 24 24
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5 GHz 5.4 GHz
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes
Base Frequency (E) — 3.2 GHz
E-Cores — 16
E-Threads — 16
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) — 4.7 GHz

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Background blur 72.3 images/sec 116 images/sec
Clang compilation 153.6 Klines/sec 297.3 Klines/sec
File compression 1650 MB/sec 2000 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 426.3 pages/sec 635.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 483.3 Mpixels/sec 716 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 191.8 images/sec 210.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 32.4 Mpixels/sec 59 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 307.1 pages/sec 447.5 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Codename Zen 5 (Strix Halo) Arrow Lake
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Integrated GPU Radeon 8050S Arc iGPU (4-Cores)
Intel Equivalent -Intel Core Ultra X9 388H —
Model number 390 270K+
Released January 7, 2025 March 12, 2026
Type Laptop Desktop
Vendor Amd Intel
AMD Equivalent — -AMD Ryzen 9 9950X

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
ECC Support No Yes
Max. Memory Bandwidth 256 GB/s 115.2 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 4 2
Memory Types - LPDDR5X-8000 - DDR5-7200

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Official Site AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 official page Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus official page
PCI Express Lanes 16 24
PCI Express Version 4.0 5.0
Technologies - Compute: AVX-512, BMI1, BMI2, F16C, SHA- Performance: Precision Boost 2, Precision Boost OD, SMT- Virtualization: AMD-V- Security: EVP, SMAP, SMEP —

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Fabrication Process 4 nm 3 nm
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 120 W 250 W
Peak Temperature 100°C 105°C
Socket FP11 FCLGA-1851
TDP (PL1) 45-55 W (configurable) 125 W
Transistors — 17.8 billions

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Data compression 487.1 MBytes/sec 803 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 25.1 GBytes/sec 59 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 38.7B Matrices/sec 63.4B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 316M Primes/sec 612M Primes/sec
Floating point math 90.6 GOps/sec 229.2 GOps/sec
Integer math 146.5 GOps/sec 175.8 GOps/sec
Physics 2761 Frames/sec 4038 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 53.1M Strings/sec 96.8M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Blender / Watt 6.22 PPW 4.92 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 24.7 PPW 19.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 344.6 PPW 219.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 758.9 PPW 547.7 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Execution Units 32 64
GPU Base Clock 1295 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2800 MHz 2000 MHz
Integrated Graphics Radeon 8050S Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores)
ROPs 64 16
Shading Units 2048 512
TGP 55 W 14 W
TMUs 128 32

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) — 9722
Cinebench 2026 (Single) — 595

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Date — Benchmark
📘 2026-04-07(IdiotStick) — Cinebench 2026
📘 2026-04-11(Daniel Comeau) — Cinebench 2026
📘 2026-06-13(sparehobos) — Cinebench 2024
📘 2026-06-25(Adnan) — Cinebench 2024
📘 2026-08-12(coolguy) — Cinebench 2026

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