AMD's latest Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395 and Ryzen AI Max Pro 390 "Strix Halo" APUs have been benchmarked, offering impressive performance for content creation laptops. The benchmarks, conducted on PassMark and Geekbench, showcase the power of these new chips, particularly in GPU performance, which rivals the NVIDIA RTX 3060 with 12GB of VRAM.

The Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395, which features a 16-core/32-thread CPU, performed exceptionally well in the Geekbench test, and its iGPU, the Radeon 8060S based on RDNA 3.5 architecture, yielded strong results. The Ryzen AI Max Pro 390, on the other hand, boasts a 12-core/24-thread CPU with a base clock of 3.20 GHz, slightly faster than its sibling's base speed of 3.00 GHz.

In terms of CPU performance, the Ryzen AI Max Pro 390 scored 46,471 points in PassMark’s CPU Mark test, approximately 6% lower than the Max+ Pro 395's 49,510 points. Despite this gap, the Ryzen AI Max Pro 390 outperformed the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 by 31% and even came close to the Ryzen 9 7940HX, which scored 54,454 points.

However, the standout feature is the iGPU performance. The Ryzen AI Max Pro 390's Radeon 8050S scored 16,663 points, outperforming the 15,965 points of the Radeon 8060S in the Max+ Pro 395. This is a remarkable achievement, considering the 8050S GPU in the 390 is not the flagship option. In fact, both APUs' integrated GPUs almost match the performance of the RTX 3060, which has long been regarded as one of the best mid-tier discrete GPUs available.

Both APUs are equipped with 64GB of LPDDR5X memory and feature 1TB Gen5 SSD storage. These specifications point to AMD’s growing emphasis on delivering powerful solutions for content creators who need not only strong CPU performance but also integrated GPU solutions that can handle demanding tasks like gaming and video editing.

The results demonstrate that AMD's new Strix Halo chips could offer viable alternatives to traditional discrete GPUs, especially in laptops aimed at content creation. As more benchmarks emerge, it will be interesting to see how these chips compare to upcoming products, including the anticipated Ryzen 9 9000X3D CPUs and Radeon RX 9000 "RDNA 4" GPUs, to be revealed at CES 2025.

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