Ryzen AI 9 HX 170 vs Opteron A1120

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Primary details

Comparing Opteron A1120 and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD Strix Point (Zen 5/5c, Ryzen AI 3/5/7/9)
Architecture codenameSeattle (2016)Strix Point-HX (Zen 5) (2024)
Release date14 January 2016 (8 years ago)4 June 2024 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Opteron A1120 and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads424
Boost clock speed1.7 GHz5.1 GHz
L1 cache80 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache2 MB (shared)no data
L3 cache8 MB (shared)36 MB
Chip lithography28 nm3 nm
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Opteron A1120 and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170 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 configuration1no data
SocketSP1no data
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt55 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Opteron A1120 and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataXDNA 2 NPU
AES-NI+-
FMA+-
AVX+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Opteron A1120 and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170 are enumerated here.

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Opteron A1120 and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR4no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 January 2016 4 June 2024
Physical cores 4 12
Threads 4 24
Chip lithography 28 nm 3 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 55 Watt

Opteron A1120 has 120% lower power consumption.

Ryzen AI 9 HX 170, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 years, 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 833.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Opteron A1120 and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Opteron A1120 is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen AI 9 HX 170 is a notebook one.


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