The latest benchmarks of AMD's Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 "Strix Point" APU have leaked and showcase some strong Zen 5 single-core performance.
New AMD Strix Point APU, Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, Benchmarks On ASUS's Next-Gen Laptops Offer A Brand New Look At Zen 5's Strong Single-Core Performance
The first AMD Ryzen AI 300 "Strix Point" APUs based on the Zen 5 core architecture are just a few weeks away from launch and as we move closer, we are getting some new performance leaks. This time, we have two new entries within Geekbench 6 featuring the ASUS Zenbook S16 and ASUS TUF Gaming A14 laptops which have been configured with the top Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 APU.
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.
It looks like Geekbench 6 has a little bit of trouble with the early engineering samples but the score itself points out that the chip is the real deal. The Zenbook S16 scored 2795 points in single-core & 14,124 points in the multi-core test while the ASUS TUF Gaming A14 scored 2816 points in single-core and 12,916 points in the multi-core test. While the multi-core scores are on point with the different TDP configurations of the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 APU, the single-core scores see a vast improvement over the previous entries. Following is how the two scores stack up against some of the other chips:
Geekbench 6.3.0 CPU Test (Higher is Better)
Note - The chip reached a maximum core clock close to 5.0 GHz as seen within the Geekbench 6 log file.
Once again, you can see that the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 "Strix Point" APU delivers a 20% lead over the Ryzen 9 8945HS in multi-core and an 18.3% improvement in single-core tests. The chip also runs faster than the Ryzen 9 7845HX which is a 12-core part with up to 5.2 GHz clocks & a much higher default TDP of 55W versus the 28W default TDP (15-54W range) of the Zen 5 APU. The chip also manages to offer nearly the same single-core performance as the 5.4 GHz Ryzen 9 7945HX3D.
We can expect the final numbers for the Zen 5 "Strix Point" APUs to be even better so a score close to 3000 points will be a very strong showcase for the next-gen mobility architecture. The Strix Point APUs launch in mid-July and will compete against Qualcomm's Snapdragon X and Intel's Lunar Lake offerings. Meanwhile, you can check out ASUS's full range of Ryzen AI 300 laptops here.
News Source: Benchleaks
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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