A8-6600K vs Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 outperforms A8-6600K by a whopping 1064% 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 | 335 | 2228 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 0.31 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop processor |
| Series | no data | AMD A-Series (Desktop) |
| Power efficiency | 30.24 | 0.73 |
| Designer | AMD | AMD |
| Manufacturer | TSMC | no data |
| Architecture codename | Strix Point (2024−2025) | Richland (2013−2014) |
| Release date | July 2024 (1 year ago) | 1 June 2013 (12 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $142 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 and A8-6600K 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 | 3.9 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 5.1 GHz | 4.2 GHz |
| Bus rate | 54 MHz | no data |
| L1 cache | 80 KB (per core) | 192 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB (per core) | 4096 KB |
| L3 cache | 24 MB (shared) | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 4 nm | 32 nm |
| Die size | 233 mm2 | 246 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | 74 °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 | - |
| Unlocked multiplier | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 and A8-6600K 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 | FM2 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 28 Watt | 100 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 and A8-6600K. 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 | - | FMA4 |
| AVX | + | AVX |
| PowerNow | - | + |
| PowerGating | - | + |
| VirusProtect | - | + |
| Precision Boost 2 | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 and A8-6600K are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | + |
| IOMMU 2.0 | - | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 and A8-6600K. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR5 | DDR3-1866 |
| Max memory channels | no data | 2 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon 890M | AMD Radeon HD 8570D |
| จำนวนพาธไลน์ | no data | 256 |
| Enduro | - | + |
| Switchable graphics | - | + |
| UVD | - | + |
| VCE | - | + |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 and A8-6600K integrated GPUs.
| DisplayPort | - | + |
| HDMI | - | + |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 and A8-6600K integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | no data | DirectX® 11 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 and A8-6600K.
| PCIe version | 4.0 | 2.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 16 | no data |
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.
GeekBench 5 Single-Core
GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.
3DMark06 CPU
3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 19.90 | 1.71 |
| Integrated graphics card | 19.55 | 0.99 |
| Physical cores | 12 | 4 |
| Threads | 24 | 4 |
| Chip lithography | 4 nm | 32 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 28 Watt | 100 Watt |
Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 has a 1063.7% higher aggregate performance score, 1874.7% faster integrated GPU, 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 370 is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD A8-6600K in performance tests.
Be aware that Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 is a notebook processor while A8-6600K is a desktop one.
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