Ryzen AI 9 HX PRO 370 vs A8-6600K
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen AI 9 HX PRO 370 outperforms A8-6600K by a whopping 997% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2250 | 371 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.30 | no data |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | AMD A-Series (Desktop) | Strix Point (Zen 5/5c, Ryzen AI 3/5/7/9) |
| Power efficiency | 1.82 | 71.42 |
| Designer | AMD | AMD |
| Manufacturer | no data | TSMC |
| Architecture codename | Richland (2013−2014) | Strix Point-HX PRO (Zen 5/5c) (2025) |
| Release date | 1 June 2013 (12 years ago) | 6 January 2025 (less than a year ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $142 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
A8-6600K and Ryzen AI 9 HX PRO 370 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.
| Physical cores | 4 (Quad-Core) | 12 (Dodeca-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 24 |
| Base clock speed | 3.9 GHz | 2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 4.2 GHz | 5.1 GHz |
| Bus rate | no data | 54 MHz |
| L1 cache | 192 KB | 80 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 4096 KB | 1 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 16 MB |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 4 nm |
| Die size | 246 mm2 | 233 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 74 °C | no data |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 74 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 1,178 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | no data |
| Unlocked multiplier | + | - |
Compatibility
Information on A8-6600K and Ryzen AI 9 HX PRO 370 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.
| Number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 | 1 |
| Socket | FM2 | FP8 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 100 Watt | 28 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-6600K and Ryzen AI 9 HX PRO 370. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | USB 4, XDNA 2 NPU (50 TOPS), SMT, AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX+, SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| FMA | FMA4 | - |
| AVX | AVX | + |
| PowerNow | + | - |
| PowerGating | + | - |
| VirusProtect | + | - |
| Precision Boost 2 | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-6600K and Ryzen AI 9 HX PRO 370 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | + |
| IOMMU 2.0 | + | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8-6600K and Ryzen AI 9 HX PRO 370. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3-1866 | DDR5 |
| Max memory channels | 2 | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon HD 8570D | AMD Radeon 890M ( - 2900 MHz) |
| จำนวนพาธไลน์ | 256 | no data |
| Enduro | + | - |
| Switchable graphics | + | - |
| UVD | + | - |
| VCE | + | - |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of A8-6600K and Ryzen AI 9 HX PRO 370 integrated GPUs.
| DisplayPort | + | - |
| HDMI | + | - |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by A8-6600K and Ryzen AI 9 HX PRO 370 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | DirectX® 11 | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A8-6600K and Ryzen AI 9 HX PRO 370.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 16 |
Synthetic benchmarks
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core
Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.
Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core
Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.
wPrime 32
wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.
TrueCrypt AES
TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.
x264 encoding pass 2
x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.
x264 encoding pass 1
x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 1.70 | 18.65 |
| Integrated graphics card | 0.98 | 19.27 |
| Recency | 1 June 2013 | 6 January 2025 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 12 |
| Threads | 4 | 24 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 100 Watt | 28 Watt |
Ryzen AI 9 HX PRO 370 has a 997.1% higher aggregate performance score, 1866.3% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 11 years, 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads, a 700% more advanced lithography process, and 257.1% lower power consumption.
The AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX PRO 370 is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD A8-6600K in performance tests.
Note that A8-6600K is a desktop processor while Ryzen AI 9 HX PRO 370 is a notebook one.
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