Athlon PRO 300U vs Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 outperforms Athlon PRO 300U by a whopping 766% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 and Athlon PRO 300U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 236 | 1740 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | no data | AMD Athlon |
| Power efficiency | 74.81 | 16.13 |
| Architecture codename | Strix Point (2024) | Raven Ridge 2 (2019) |
| Release date | July 2024 (recently) | 8 April 2019 (5 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 and Athlon PRO 300U 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) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 24 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 2 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 5.1 GHz | 3.3 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | PCIe 3.0 |
| Bus rate | 54 MHz | no data |
| Multiplier | no data | 24 |
| L1 cache | 80 KB (per core) | 128K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 24 MB (shared) | 4 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 4 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | no data | 209.78 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | no data | 4940 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | no data | + |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 and Athlon PRO 300U 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 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | FP8 | FP5 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 28 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 and Athlon PRO 300U. 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 | XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | + | + |
| Precision Boost 2 | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 and Athlon PRO 300U are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 and Athlon PRO 300U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR5 | DDR4 Dual-channel |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 32 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 38.397 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | AMD Radeon 890M | AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 ( - 1000 MHz) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 and Athlon PRO 300U.
| PCIe version | 4.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 16 | 12 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
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. 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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 22.25 | 2.57 |
| Integrated graphics card | 21.88 | 2.98 |
| Physical cores | 12 | 2 |
| Threads | 24 | 4 |
| Chip lithography | 4 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 28 Watt | 15 Watt |
Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 has a 765.8% higher aggregate performance score, 634.2% faster integrated GPU, 500% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.
Athlon PRO 300U, on the other hand, has 86.7% lower power consumption.
The Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon PRO 300U in performance tests.
Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 and Athlon PRO 300U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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