Athlon PRO 300U vs Ryzen AI 9 HX 375

Place in the ranking	232	1714
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Strix Point (Zen 5/5c, Ryzen AI 3/5/7/9)	AMD Athlon
Power efficiency	38.29	16.20
Architecture codename	Strix Point-HX (Zen 5) (2024)	Raven Ridge 2 (2019)
Release date	25 July 2024 (less than a year ago)	8 April 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 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
Multiplier	no data	24
L1 cache	no data	192 KB
L2 cache	12 MB	1 MB
L3 cache	24 MB	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	4 nm	12 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 375 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	no data	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FP8	FP5
Power consumption (TDP)	54 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 and Athlon PRO 300U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	USB 4, XDNA 2 NPU (55 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	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 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 375 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
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AMD Radeon 890M

AMD Radeon RX Vega 3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 and Athlon PRO 300U.

PCIe version	no data	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	12

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	22.72	2.67
Integrated graphics card	20.59	2.98
Recency	25 July 2024	8 April 2019
Physical cores	12	2
Threads	24	4
Chip lithography	4 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	54 Watt	15 Watt

Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 has a 750.9% higher aggregate performance score, 590.9% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 5 years, 500% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 200% more advanced lithography process.

Athlon PRO 300U, on the other hand, has 260% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 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 375 and Athlon PRO 300U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.