The first benchmarks of AMD’s Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 “Strix Point” CPU have leaked, showing some major improvements in both CPU and GPU performance with Zen 5 and RDNA 3.5 cores.
The AMD Ryzen 9 AI HX 170 APU features an RDNA 3.5 GPU up to 20% faster than the leaked Zen 5 CPU and 40% faster than the previous flagship Ryzen 9 8945HS.
Well, it hasn’t been long since the first unofficial AMD benchmarks of the upcoming Ryzen AI 300 APUs were leaked, and they’re pretty impressive in their first appearance. The chip in question is the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, which is a very big and confusing name for some, but we’ll have to get used to it because both Intel and AMD are going the AI branding route in the future, and we can also hope we get better naming in the future. I will see the scheme. So let’s start with the specifications.
The AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 APU is part of the Ryzen AI 300 “Strix Point” family and features a 12-core, 24-thread chip with four Zen 5 and eight Zen 5C configurations. This chip operates at up to 5.1 GHz, offers a Radeon 890M iGPU with 36 MB cache (24 MB L3 + 12 MB L2) and 16 processing units or 1024 cores. So compared to the previous flagship, the Ryzen 9 8945HS, you get 50% more cores/threads, 33.3% more compute units and 3.12x NPU performance, which is an impressive generational gain.
As for the Geekbench leak, it looks like we’re dealing with an early sample, considering it matches the 2.0GHz base clock, the log file shows a boost clock of around 4.2GHz, which is lower than the highest rated clock of 5.1GHz.
AMD Ryzen AI “HX” APUs:
CPU-name | building | core/thread | Clock Speed (Maximum) | Cache (Total) | Artificial intelligence capabilities | iGPU | TDP |
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Ryzen 9 AHX370 | Zine 5 / Zine 5C | 24.12 | 2,0 / 5,1 GHz | 36 MB/24 MB L3 | 77 AI Points (45 NPU Points) | Radeon 890M (16 CU and 2.9 GHz) | 28 W (cTDP 15–54 W) |
Ryzen 7 AI 365 | Zine 5 / Zine 5C | 10/20 | 2,0 / 5,0 GHz | 30 MB/20 MB L3 | TBD AI Tops (45 Tops NPU) | Radeon 880M (12 CU and 2.9 GHz) | 28 W (cTDP 15–54 W) |
Ryzen 7 AHX350? | Zine 5 / Zine 5C | 8/16 | To be determined later | 24 MB/16 MB L3 | TBD AI Tops (45 Tops NPU) | 12 RDNA 3+ CUs? | 28 W (cTDP 15–54 W) |
Ryzen 5A HX330? | Zine 5 / Zine 5C | 6/12 | To be determined later | 20 MB/12 MB L3 | TBD AI Tops (45 Tops NPU) | 8 RDNA 3+ CUs? | 28 W (cTDP 15–54 W) |
The APU was specified as Ryzen AI 9 HX 170 with Radeon 880M iGPU, but it’s worth noting that AMD made a big change at the last minute and switched to a higher number. We saw several Strix Point laptops at the Computex showroom that had not yet been updated with the new Ryzen AI 300 branding and were using the older Ryzen AI 100 series numbers.
Ryzen 9 AI HX 370 APU Benchmark Leak (Geekbench 6.3.0) Results:
Ryzen 9 AI HX 370 APU Benchmark Leaked (Geekbench 5.4.5) Results:
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Speaking of numbers: AMD Ryzen 9 AI HX 370 APU was tested in Geekbench 5, Geekbench 6 and OpenCL tests. The chip was registered on Geekbench 5.4.5 1847 points in single-core test and 14316 points in multi-core test. The chip scored highly in the Geekbench 6.3.0 benchmark 2544 points in single-core test and 14158 points in multi-core test. Finally, the RDNA 3.5 (Radeon 890M) iGPU scored high in the OpenCL test 41,995 points.
The Zen 5 core CPU performance on the Strix Point APU looks good, even though it’s an early sample. When the silicon retails up to 5.1GHz we can expect the ultimate performance to be much higher.
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Compared to Hawk Point series flagship AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS APU, AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 “Strix Point” APU recorded 7% advantage in single-core, 20% in multi-core and huge processor density. With a 40% boost in graphics tests, it’s on par with the discrete RTX 2050 GPU.
The most important thing to remember is that with the new Ryzen AI 300 series, AMD is eliminating the TDP pool, so there will be no HX, HS, H, or U SKUs. Instead, manufacturers have to decide for themselves which TDP target they want to use, as these chips can range from 15W to 54W, so it will be difficult to determine the actual TDP of this standard. The standard TDP is 28W while the AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS has a standard TDP of 45W. So if you test it in standard mode, it’s a big win, but if you test it at a lower TDP level, say 15-20W, the result is even more impressive.
AMD’s Ryzen AI 300 CPUs will be available from July 2024 through multiple OEM partners and we can expect better availability starting around the 2024 holiday season or Q4.
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