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

Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 vs Ryzen 9 8940HX comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 8940HX beats the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 9 8940HX has slightly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 that has 12 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 8940HX has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370. Also, the Ryzen 9 8940HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 9 8940HX 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 Ryzen 9 8940HX. The Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 also has significantly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.