A12-9800 vs Ryzen AI 9 HX 370

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 and A12-9800 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	237	1823
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	1.45
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Power efficiency	75.34	3.31
Architecture codename	Strix Point (2024)	Bristol Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date	July 2024 (recently)	27 July 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$139

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 and A12-9800 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	12 (Dodeca-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	24	4
Base clock speed	2 GHz	3.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	5.1 GHz	4.2 GHz
Bus rate	54 MHz	no data
L1 cache	80 KB (per core)	no data
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	2048 KB
L3 cache	24 MB (shared)	0 KB
Chip lithography	4 nm	28 nm
Die size	no data	246 mm2
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	90 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	74 °C
Number of transistors	no data	1,178 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	no data	-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 and A12-9800 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	FP8	AM4
Power consumption (TDP)	28 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 and A12-9800. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	USB 4, XDNA 2 NPU (50 TOPS), SMT, AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A	no data
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	+	+
FRTC	-	+
FreeSync	-	+
PowerTune	-	+
TrueAudio	-	+
PowerNow	-	+
PowerGating	-	+
VirusProtect	-	+
Precision Boost 2	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 and A12-9800 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

+

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 and A12-9800. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR5	DDR4-2400
Max memory channels	no data	2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	AMD Radeon 890M	AMD Radeon R7 Graphics
iGPU core count	no data	8
Enduro	-	+
UVD	-	+
VCE	-	+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 and A12-9800 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 and A12-9800 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	DirectX® 12
Vulkan	-	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 and A12-9800.

PCIe version	4.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	16	8

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	22.29	2.27
Physical cores	12	4
Threads	24	4
Chip lithography	4 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	28 Watt	65 Watt

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