AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme vs AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370

Compare AMD Ryzen Z1 8 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

6328 points
10155 points
60% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7752 points
10880 points
40% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5895 points
9947 points
68% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5789 points
9902 points
71% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6531 points
9570 points
46% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

169.56 points
290.59 points
71% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9595 points
13326 points
38% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2167 points
2592 points
19% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
24
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.30 GHz
65% significantly higher clock speed
2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz
Identical
5.1 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

28 W
Identical
28 W

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
12 MiB
49% 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

234th of 1,089
85th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen Z1
Ryzen AI 300 Series

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

-
DDR5

Ryzen Z1 Extreme vs Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 beats the Ryzen Z1 Extreme in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen Z1 Extreme in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Ryzen Z1 Extreme that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen Z1 Extreme. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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 Z1 Extreme. 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 Z1 Extreme has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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