AMD Ryzen AI 5 PRO 435 vs AMD Ryzen AI 9 PRO 465

AMD Ryzen AI 5 PRO 435

The AMD Ryzen AI 5 PRO 435 or AI 5 H PRO 435 is a mid-range mobile processor from the Gorgon Point family that was announced at CES in Jan 2026. The laptop APU features 6 CPU cores (2x Zen 5 with up to 4.5 GHz, 4x Zen 5c with less cache and a 3.4 GHz maximum clock speed), a Radeon 840M iGPU and a 50-TOPS NPU, and is similar to the older AMD Ryzen AI 5 PRO 340 (3x Zen 5 at up to 4.8 GHz, 3x Zen 5c at up to 3.4 GHz, Radeon 840M iGPU, 50-TOPS NPU).

Compared to the consumer Ryzen AI 5 435, the PRO variant offers additional management and security features like support for ECC RAM. The China-targeted H version may have a set of hardware-accelerated cryptographic features different to the global chip.

Architecture and features

Gorgon / Krackan Point family APUs are powered by Zen 5 and Zen 5c microarchitecture cores, the latter being a slightly slower, smaller and more energy-efficient version of the former. One of the key differences between the two is, Zen 5 cores have larger caches to play with.

The mobile Zen 5 implementation is reportedly (ChipsAndCheese) closer to desktop Zen 4 than desktop Zen 5 due to the different cache sizes, AVX512 throughput, and other factors.

Elsewhere, the Ryzen AI 5 chip supports DDR5-5600 and LPDDR5x-8000 RAM, giving system designers a choice between lower latency and higher throughput. The APU is natively compatible with USB 4 (and therefore Thunderbolt). It has PCIe 4.0 support for a throughput of 1.9 GB/s per lane, just like its 300-series predecessors. The integrated XDNA 2 NPU delivers up to 50 INT8 TOPS for accelerating various AI workloads.

As usual with laptop CPUs, the Ryzen AI 5 PRO cannot be replaced by the user as it is soldered-in.

The 4 nm TSMC process these CPUs are manufactured with ensures average energy efficiency, as of early 2026.

CPU performance

Given the specs similarity, the PRO 435 should be just slightly slower than the outgoing AMD Ryzen AI 5 340 (or the AI 5 PRO 340) putting it in the same ballpark as the Ryzen 7 8840U, Core Ultra 7 256V and Core Ultra 7 258V.

GPU performance

The Radeon 840M only has a quarter of the Radeon 890M's Compute Units, so just 4 (meaning, 256 unified shaders). It runs at up to 2.9 GHz and isn't powerful enough for anything resembling serious 1080p or even 720p gaming, as of Jan 2026. Hardware AV1, VP9, HEVC and AVC decoding is supported, as are 8K 4320p monitors.

Power consumption

The 435 has a recommended base TDP of 28 watts, making this a P-class chip, although laptop manufacturers are free to set the value to anything between 15 and 54 W.

AMD Ryzen AI 9 PRO 465

The Ryzen AI 9 PRO 465 or AI 9 H PRO 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). Compared to the consumer Ryzen AI 9 HX 465, the PRO variant offers additional management and security features like support for ECC RAM.

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.