Intel Core i5-8250U vs AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370

Core i5-8250U vs Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 performs better than the Core i5-8250U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8250U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Core i5-8250U has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-8250U. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8250U. Also, the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 has a significantly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-8250U CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-8250U. The Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 also has significantly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-8250U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.