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Intel Core i5 8257U vs AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 388

	CPU Intel Core i5 8257U	CPU AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 388
General Parameters
Release Date	Jul 2019	Jan 2026
Manufacturer	Intel	Amd
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Instruction Set	x86-64	x86-64
Core Architecture	Coffee Lake	Zen 5 (Strix Halo)
Processor Number	i5-8257U
Integrated Graphics	Iris Plus Graphics 645	Radeon 8060S
Generation		Zen 5 (Strix Halo)
Series		Ryzen AI Max 300 Series
Package
Manufacturing Process	14 nm	4 nm
Socket	BGA-1528	Custom
Power Consumption	15 W	45-120 W
Peak Operating Temperature	100 °C	100 °C
Max Turbo Power Consumption		120 W
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	4	8
Performance Core Threads	8	16
Performance Core Base Frequency	1.4 GHz	3.6 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	3.9 GHz	5.0 GHz
Total Core Count	4	8
Total Thread Count	8	16
Multiplier	14x	36
L1 Cache	32 K per core	80 K per core
L2 Cache	256 K per core	1 MB per core
L3 Cache	6 MB shared	32 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	No	No
Bus Frequency		100 MHz
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133	LPDDR5X-8000
Max Memory Size	32 GB	128 GB
Max Memory Channels	2	4
Max Memory Bandwidth	37.5 GB/s	256 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	No	Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics	true	true
GPU Base Frequency	300 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency	1050 MHz	2900 MHz
Shader Units	384	2560
Texture Units	48	160
Raster Operation Units	6	64
Execution Units	48	40
Power Consumption	15 W	45-120
Max Resolution	4096x2304 - 60 Hz
Miscellaneous
Official Website	Official Link ↗	Official Link ↗
PCIe Version	3.0	4.0
PCIe Lanes	16	16
Extended Instruction Set	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
AI Accelerator
NPU		AMD Ryzen™ AI
Theoretical performance		50 TOPS