AMD Ryzen AI 9 465

The AMD Ryzen AI 9 465 or AMD Ryzen AI 9 H 465 is a relatively powerful Gorgon Point family processor that debuted in early 2026. The chip features 10 CPU cores running at 2.0 GHz to 5.0 GHz, along with the 12 CU RDNA 3.5 Radeon 880M graphics adapter and the 50 TOPS XDNA 2 neural engine. Other key features include PCIe 4, USB 4 and LPDDR5x-8533 RAM support. The faster RAM support is the only difference we can find to the older Ryzen AI 9 365 (Strix Point).

Of the 10 CPU cores, 4 are full Zen 5 cores with the other 6 being smaller Zen 5c cores. The latter probably run at somewhat lower clock speeds than the former.

Architecture and Features

Strix Point family APUs are powered by Zen 5 and Zen 5c microarchitecture cores found in two separate clusters, the latter being a slightly slower, smaller and more energy-efficient version of the former. One of the differences between Zen 5 and Zen 5c is cache size; Zen 5 cores have larger caches to work with.

Either way, mobile Zen 5 implementation is reportedly (ChipsAndCheese) closer to desktop Zen 4 than to desktop Zen 5 due to differing cache sizes, vast differences in AVX-512 throughput and other factors.

Elsewhere, the Ryzen AI 9 chip supports DDR5-5600 and LPDDR5x-8533 RAM, giving system designers a choice between lower latency and higher throughput respectively. The chip is natively compatible with USB 4 (and therefore Thunderbolt). It has PCIe 4.0 support for throughput of 1.9 GB/s per lane, just like its 8000 series predecessors did. The integrated XDNA 2 NPU, which is a lot more complex than first-gen XDNA was, delivers up to 50 INT8 TOPS for accelerating various AI workloads.

As is usual for laptop CPUs, the Ryzen is not user-replaceable as it gets soldered down for good.

Performance

Due to the same specs and only faster RAM support, the performance of the AI 9 465 should be similar to the old Ryzen AI 9 365. At 30 W, this Ryzen AI 9 series CPU is only just fast enough to compete with much older chips such as the Ryzen 9 4900H and Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS in multi-threaded benchmarks, suggesting power efficiency is the focus here rather than sheer performance.

Graphics

The Radeon 880M is the direct successor to the 780M. It packs just a few differences under the hood, such as faster caches; its 12 RDNA 3.5 architecture CUs/WGPs (768 unified shaders) run at up to 2,900 MHz. With well over 30 fps in both Once Human and The First Descendant (1080p - Low), this iGPU is certainly fast enough for a fair bit of casual as well as competitive gaming.

Naturally, the Radeon is capable of driving four SUHD 4320p60 monitors simultaneously. It can also efficiently encode and decode the most popular video codecs such as AVC, HEVC, VP9 and AV1. The latest addition to that list, the VVC codec, is not supported unlike it is with Intel Lunar Lake chips.

Power consumption

The 465 is supposed to have a base TDP of 28 W, with laptop makers free to crank it up to up to 54 W. Which they will most likely do to maximize performance. According to AMD the configurable TDP (cTDP) ranges from 15 to 54 Watt.

The 4 nm TSMC process that these CPUs are built with makes for above average, as of late 2024, energy efficiency.

Codename	Gorgon Point
Series	AMD Strix / Gorgon Point
Series: Strix / Gorgon Point Gorgon Point AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 475 2 - 5.2 GHz 12 / 24  24 MB L3 AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX PRO 475 2 - 5.2 GHz 12 / 24  24 MB L3 AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 2 - 5.2 GHz 12 / 24  24 MB L3 AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX PRO 470 2 - 5.2 GHz 12 / 24  24 MB L3 AMD Ryzen AI 9 465 « 2 - 5 GHz 10 / 20  24 MB L3 AMD Ryzen AI 9 PRO 465 2 - 5 GHz 10 / 20  24 MB L3 AMD Ryzen AI 7 450 2 - 5.1 GHz 8 / 16  16 MB L3 AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 450 2 - 5.1 GHz 8 / 16  16 MB L3 AMD Ryzen AI 7 445 2 - 4.6 GHz 6 / 12  8 MB L3 AMD Ryzen AI 5 PRO 440 2 - 4.8 GHz 6 / 12  16 MB L3 AMD Ryzen AI 5 435 2 - 4.5 GHz 6 / 12  8 MB L3 AMD Ryzen AI 5 PRO 435 2 - 4.5 GHz 6 / 12  8 MB L3 AMD Ryzen AI 5 430 2 - 4.5 GHz 4 / 8  8 MB L3
Clock Rate	2000 - 5000 MHz
Level 1 Cache	800 KB
Level 2 Cache	10 MB
Level 3 Cache	24 MB
Number of Cores / Threads	10 / 20 4 x 5.0 GHz AMD Zen 5 6 x 3.3 GHz AMD Zen 5c
Power Consumption (TDP = Thermal Design Power)	28 Watt
Manufacturing Technology	4 nm
Max. Temperature	100 °C
Socket	FP8
Features	DDR5-5600/LPDDR5x-7500 RAM, PCIe 4, USB 4, XDNA 2 NPU (50 TOPS), SMT, AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A
GPU	AMD Radeon 880M ( - 2900 MHz)
NPU / AI	50 TOPS INT8
Chip AI	73 TOPS INT8
64 Bit	64 Bit support
Architecture	x86
Announcement Date	01/05/2026
Product Link (external)	www.amd.com

Benchmarks