AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 392 vs Intel Core i5 8279U

CPU Specs Compare

General Parameters

Release Date
Jan 2026
May 2019
Manufacturer
Amd
Intel
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Zen 5 (Strix Halo)
Coffee Lake
Integrated Graphics
Radeon 8060S
Iris Plus Graphics 655
Generation
Zen 5 (Strix Halo)
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Series
Ryzen AI Max 300 Series
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Processor Number
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i5-8279U

Package

Manufacturing Process
4 nm
14 nm
Socket
Custom
BGA-1528
Power Consumption
45-120 W
28 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
120 W
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Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
100 °C

CPU Performance

Performance Cores
12
4
Performance Core Threads
24
8
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.2 GHz
2.4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5.0 GHz
4.1 GHz
Total Core Count
12
4
Total Thread Count
24
8
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
32
24x
L1 Cache
80 K per core
32 K per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
256 K per core
L3 Cache
64 MB shared
6 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No

Memory Parameters

Memory Types
LPDDR5X-8000
DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133
Max Memory Size
128 GB
32 GB
Max Memory Channels
4
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
256 GB/s
37.5 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
No

Graphics Card Parameters

Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2900 MHz
1150 MHz
Shader Units
2560
384
Texture Units
160
48
Raster Operation Units
64
6
Execution Units
40
48
Power Consumption
45-120
15 W
GPU Base Frequency
-
300 MHz
Max Resolution
-
4096x2304 - 60 Hz

AI Accelerator

NPU
AMD Ryzen™ AI
-
Theoretical performance
50 TOPS
-

Miscellaneous

Official Website
PCIe Version
4.0
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
16
Extended Instruction Set
-
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

📊 Benchmark

Cinebench R23
-
1,085
Cinebench R23
-
4,440
Geekbench 6
-
1,313
Geekbench 5
-
951
Geekbench 6
-
4,465
Geekbench 5
-
3,929
Blender
-
59
Passmark CPU
-
2,365
Passmark CPU
-
7,732