AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 vs AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX

Compare AMD Ryzen AI 300 Series 12 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 16 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

10177 points

19% slightly better overall score

8535 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10941 points

34% slightly better gaming score

8107 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9957 points

12% slightly better multitasking score

8825 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9910 points

8% slightly better heavy workload score

9118 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

290.59 points

468.88 points

61% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2 GHz

2.50 GHz

25% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz

5.4 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

28 W

96% significantly lower TDP

55 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

12 MiB

16 MiB

33% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB

64 MiB

166% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

84th of 1,092

124th of 1,092

Family

The product line

Ryzen AI 300 Series

Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2025 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 vs Ryzen 9 8945HX specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 is faster than the Ryzen 9 8945HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 8945HX in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 8945HX has slightly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 has 12 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 8945HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370. Also, the Ryzen 9 8945HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 9 8945HX CPU because of its 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 9 8945HX has more L2 cache than the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370. The Ryzen 9 8945HX 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 AI 9 HX 370 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.