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AMD Ryzen AI 7 345 vs Ryzen 7 170

58 out of 100
AMD Ryzen AI 7 345
VS
52 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 170
AMD Ryzen AI 7 345
AMD Ryzen 7 170

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.0 GHz AMD Ryzen AI 7 345 with 6-cores against the 3.2 GHz Ryzen 7 170 with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 170 and 345
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI 7 345
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • Newer - released 8 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 6 nanometers
  • 28% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2618 vs 2045 points
  • Around 12.8 GB/s (17%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 170
  • More powerful Radeon 680M integrated graphics: 3.4 vs 1.5 TFLOPS
  • Has 8 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • 3% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.75 GHz vs 4.6 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen AI 7 345
vs
Ryzen 7 170

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 2902 -
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Ryzen AI 7 345 +28%
2618
Ryzen 7 170
2045
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Ryzen AI 7 345
9932
Ryzen 7 170 +2%
10126
File compression - 955 MB/sec
Clang compilation - 73.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser - 216.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer - 302.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing - 202.8 pages/sec
Background blur - 48.6 images/sec
Photo processing - 84.5 images/sec
Ray tracing - 18.4 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Ryzen AI 7 345 +25%
3899
Ryzen 7 170
3119
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen AI 7 345
19971
Ryzen 7 170 +3%
20609
Integer math - 79.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math - 44.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers - 48M Primes/sec
Random string sorting - 27.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption - 15.9 GBytes/sec
Data compression - 265.7 MBytes/sec
Physics - 877 Frames/sec
Extended instructions - 18.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 99 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 13.4 PPW 13.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 183.9 PPW 187.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 369.8 PPW 381.6 PPW
Blender / Watt - 3.16 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen AI 7 345 and Ryzen 7 170

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released May 22, 2026 October 1, 2025
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 5 (Krackan Point) Zen 3+ (Rembrandt)
Model number 345 -
Integrated GPU Radeon 840M Radeon 680M
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (71st and 97th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 2 8
P-Threads 4 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.0 GHz 3.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.6 GHz 4.75 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 -
E-Threads 8 -
Base Frequency (E) 2.0 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.4 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 6 8
Total Threads 12 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 20x 32x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 8MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 4 nm 6 nm
TDP (PL1) 15-54 W (configurable) 35-54 W (configurable)
Socket FP8 FP7
Peak Temperature 100°C 95°C
Laptop processors ranking (116th and 175th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Radeon 840M Radeon 680M
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2900 MHz 2200 MHz
Shading Units 256 768
TMUs 16 48
ROPs 8 32
Execution Units 4 12
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Ryzen AI 7 345
1.5 TFLOPS
Ryzen 7 170 +127%
3.4 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 680M compared to Radeon 840M

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5X-8000		 - DDR5-4800
- LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 76.8 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen AI 7 345 official page AMD Ryzen 7 170 official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 20

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Comments

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