Athlon X4 940 vs Ryzen AI 9 HX 375

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Primary details

Comparing Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 and Athlon X4 940 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Strix Point (Zen 5/5c, Ryzen AI 3/5/7/9)no data
Power efficiency34.22no data
Architecture codenameStrix Point-HX (Zen 5) (2024)Bristol Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date25 July 2024 (less than a year ago)27 July 2017 (7 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 and Athlon X4 940 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 cores12 (Dodeca-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads244
Base clock speed2 GHz3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed5.1 GHz3.6 GHz
L1 cacheno data128 KB (per core)
L2 cache12 MB512 KB (per core)
L3 cache24 MB0 KB
Chip lithography4 nm28 nm
Die sizeno data246 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data74 °C
Number of transistorsno data1,178 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data-
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 and Athlon X4 940 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 configurationno data1
SocketFP8AM4
Power consumption (TDP)54 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 and Athlon X4 940. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsUSB 4, XDNA 2 NPU (55 TOPS), SMT, AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4Ano data
AES-NI++
FMA-+
AVX++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 and Athlon X4 940 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 and Athlon X4 940. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5DDR4 Dual-channel

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon 890M ( - 2900 MHz)no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 25 July 2024 27 July 2017
Physical cores 12 4
Threads 24 4
Chip lithography 4 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 54 Watt 65 Watt

Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 has an age advantage of 6 years, 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads, a 600% more advanced lithography process, and 20.4% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 and Athlon X4 940. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 is a notebook processor while Athlon X4 940 is a desktop one.


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