AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 vs AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, vs AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 and AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
2035
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
1810
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
23786
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
29604
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
114
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
112
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
1152
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
1629
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
3959
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
n/a
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
35190
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
n/a
Integer Math123.3 GOps/sn/a
Floating-Point Math77.2 GOps/sn/a
Prime Number Search124 M primes/sn/a
Random String Sort48.8 M strings/sn/a
Data Encryption22.4 GB/sn/a
Data Compression448 MB/sn/a
Physics1878 frames/sn/a
Extended Instructions319 M matrices/sn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
2985
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
2708
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
15976
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
15317
File Compression1340 MB/s1250 MB/s
Clang Compilation139.9 KLines/s178.9 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser335.1 pages/s262.1 pages/s
PDF Rendering468.2 MP/sec430 MP/sec
Text Processing322.1 pages/s255 pages/s
Background Blur63.8 frames/s55.9 frames/s
Photo Processing124.6 frames/s94.7 frames/s
Ray Tracing33.5 MP/sec39.9 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
281.07
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
n/a

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 295.9 PPW 278.5 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 651.7 PPW n/a
Cinebench 2024 / W 21.3 PPW 29.6 PPW
Blender / W 5.21 PPW n/a

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Announced June, 3, 2024 April, 1, 2025
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 5 (Strix Point) Zen 4 (Dragon Range)
Integrated GPU Radeon 890M Radeon 610M

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 4 16
Threads 8 32
Frequency 2.0 GHz 2.4 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5.1 GHz 5.3 GHz
Efficiency cores
Cores8n/a
Threads16n/a
Frequency2.0 GHzn/a
Max Frequency (Turbo)3.3 GHzn/a
General
Cores count1216
Threads count2432
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier20x24
L1 cache80 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache1000 KB/core1000 KB/core
L3 Cache24 MB total64 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoYes

Package

Process tech. 4 nm 5 nm
Power (TDP) 15-54 W 55 W
Max TDP (Boost) n/a 75 W
Socket FP8 FL1
Critical temp. 100 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5X-8000
DDR5-5200
Max Size 256 GB 64 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support No No

Other

PCIe Version 4.0 5.0
Max PCIe Lanes 16 28
Tech n/a - Compute: AVX-512, BMI1, BMI2, F16C, SHA
- Performance: Precision Boost 2, SMT
- Virtualization: AMD-V
- Security: EVP, NX-Bit, SMAP, SMEP

Results

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