AMD Ryzen 5 2600X vs AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen AI 300 Series 12 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4448 points
10177 points
128% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6032 points
10941 points
81% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3945 points
9957 points
152% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3821 points
9910 points
159% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3662 points
9570 points
161% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

114.07 points
290.59 points
154% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5247 points
13326 points
153% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1242 points
2592 points
108% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
12
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
24
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
79% significantly higher clock speed
2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.25 GHz
5.1 GHz
20% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
28 W
239% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
12 MiB
300% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
24 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

414th of 1,126
87th of 1,126

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
Ryzen AI 300 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 April
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
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Ryzen 5 2600X vs Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 performs better than the Ryzen 5 2600X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 2600X 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 Ryzen 5 2600X has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 2600X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 2600X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370. Despite this, the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 2600X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 2600X. 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 Ryzen 5 2600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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