AMD's Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, the fastest Strix APU, has been tested in Cinebench, showcasing huge multi-threaded uplifts versus Meteor Lake & Hawk Point.
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 "Strix" APU Delivers A Massive 46% Uplift Versus Meteor Lake In Cinebench Benchmark
AMD's first Ryzen AI 300 laptops are expected to hit retail later this month & it looks like everyone is prepping for the launch. The two main chips that will be part of the Ryzen AI 300 family are the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 and Ryzen AI 9 365. These are the two chips that have been announced so far but we have also spotted various other SKUs in the standard and PRO flavors. With that said, we have a new benchmark today, once again showcasing some brutally fast multi-threaded performance.
The AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 APU is part of the Ryzen AI 300 "Strix Point" family and features a 12-core and 24-thread chip that features a four Zen 5 and eight Zen 5C configuration. This chip runs at up to 5.1 GHz boost clocks, offers 36 MB of cache (24 MB L3 + 12 MB L2), & the Radeon 890M iGPU with 16 compute units or 1024 cores. So versus the previous flagship, the Ryzen 9 8945HS, you are getting 50% more cores/threads, 33.3% more compute units, and 3.12x the NPU performance which is great gen-over-gen gains.
The performance numbers in Cinebench R23 come from HXL (@9550pro). The leak shows the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 listed within the test. There's no mention of what power limit, TDP, or laptop it was tested in. These are all important metrics for mobility chips as they can affect performance by a huge margin. TDP doesn't matter if there's not enough cooling to sustain over 54W+ power limits and that results in huge clock and performance regression. It looks like these scores could've been done on a high-end laptop with proper cooling since HXL also shared another test result with lower scores than this.
Cinebench R23 (Higher is Better)
In terms of performance, the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 "Strix" APU scored 23,302 points in the multi-core and 2010 points in the single-core tests. These are great performance results as they put the Strix APU 44% ahead of the Hawk Point flagship (8945HS) and 38% ahead of the Meteor Lake flagship (185H) in multi-core tests. The single-core score also sees a 14% uplift versus the AMD Hawk Point and a 9% uplift versus the Meteor Lake CPUs.
The Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 is also able to match the Ryzen 9 7845HX running at 90W from our Alienware m16 laptop. Once again, the new Strix chip can scale from 15W up to 54W so even at its maximum TDP, it's sipping almost half the power of the Ryzen 9 7845HX while delivering similar performance.
AMD's Ryzen AI 300 CPUs including the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 "Strix" APU will be featured across several high-end "AI PC" and gaming laptops so stay tuned as we approach launch to see what more these designs have to offer. You can also check out the latest ASUS offerings here.
AMD Ryzen AI 300 "Strix/Krackan" APUs:
| CPU Name | Cores / Threads | Core Config | Clock Speeds (Max) | Cache (Total) | AI Capabilities | iGPU | TDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 | 12/24 | 4x Zen 5 / 8x Zen 5C | 2.0 / 5.1 GHz | 36 MB / 24 MB L3 | 85 AI TOPs (55 TOPS NPU) | Radeon 890M (16 CU @ 2.9 GHz) | 28W (cTDP 15-54W) |
| Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 | 12/24 | 4x Zen 5 / 8x Zen 5C | 2.0 / 5.1 GHz | 36 MB / 24 MB L3 | 80 AI TOPs (50 TOPS NPU) | Radeon 890M (16 CU @ 2.9 GHz) | 28W (cTDP 15-54W) |
| Ryzen AI 9 HX PRO 370 | 12/24 | 4x Zen 5 / 8x Zen 5C | 2.0 / 5.1 GHz | 36 MB / 24 MB L3 | 80 AI TOPs (50 TOPS NPU) | Radeon 890M (16 CU @ 2.9 GHz) | 28W (cTDP 15-54W) |
| Ryzen AI 7 365 | 10/20 | 4x Zen 5 / 6x Zen 5C | 2.0 / 5.0 GHz | 30 MB / 20 MB L3 | 80 AI TOPs (50 TOPS NPU) | Radeon 880M (12 CU @ 2.9 GHz) | 28W (cTDP 15-54W) |
| Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 | 8/16 | 3x Zen 5 / 5x Zen 5C | 2.0 / 5.0 GHz | 24 MB / 16 MB L3 | 72 AI TOPs (50 TOPS NPU) | Radeon 880M (12 CU @ 2.9 GHz) | 28W (cTDP 15-54W) |
| Ryzen AI 7 350 | 8/16 | 4x Zen 5 / 4x Zen 5C | 2.0 / 5.0 GHz | 24 MB / 16 MB L3 | 66 AI TOPs (50 TOPS NPU) | Radeon 860M (8 CU @ 3.0 GHz) | 28W (cTDP 15-54W) |
| Ryzen AI 5 340 | 6/12 | 3x Zen 5 / 3x Zen 5C | 2.0 / 4.8 GHz | 22 MB / 16 MB L3 | 59 AI TOPs (50 TOPS NPU) | Radeon 840M (4 CU @ 2.9 GHz) | 28W (cTDP 15-54W) |
| Ryzen AI 5 330 | 4/8 | 1x Zen 5 / 3x Zen 5C | 2.0 / 4.5 GHz | 12 MB / 8 MB L3 | 50 TOPS (NPU) | Radeon 820M (2 CU @ 2.8 GHz) | 28W (cTDP 15-54W) |
News Source: HXL (@9550pro)
About the author: A Software Engineer by training and a PC enthusiast by passion, Hassan Mujtaba serves as Wccftech's Senior Editor for hardware section. With years of experience in the industry, he specializes in deep-dive technical analysis of next-generation CPU and GPU architectures, motherboards, and cooling solutions. His work involves not only breaking news on upcoming technologies but also extensive hands-on reviews and benchmarking.
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