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AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 vs Ryzen 9 9900X

72 out of 100
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
VS
80 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X

We compared two 12-core CPUs: the 2.0 GHz AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (laptop) against the 4.4 GHz Ryzen 9 9900X (desktop). 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 9900X and 370
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
  • More powerful AMD Radeon 890M integrated graphics: 5.9 vs 0.6 TFLOPS
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
  • Has 40 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 10% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.6 GHz vs 5.1 GHz)
  • 12% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3340 vs 2985 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
vs
Ryzen 9 9900X

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 475 763
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 5200 7580
Cinebench Scores (101st and 41st place)
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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)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
15976
Ryzen 9 9900X +22%
19543
File compression 1340 MB/sec 1510 MB/sec
Clang compilation 139.9 Klines/sec 191.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 335.1 pages/sec 361.8 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 468.2 Mpixels/sec 534 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 322.1 pages/sec 350.5 pages/sec
Background blur 63.8 images/sec 82.7 images/sec
Photo processing 124.6 images/sec 118.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 33.5 Mpixels/sec 45.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 3 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
34958
Ryzen 9 9900X +55%
54325
Integer math 122.2 GOps/sec 180.5 GOps/sec
Floating point math 76.4 GOps/sec 119.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 127M Primes/sec 432M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 48.3M Strings/sec 71.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 22.1 GBytes/sec 33.3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 442.7 MBytes/sec 678.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 1881 Frames/sec 3330 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 31.4B Matrices/sec 54.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 3074 & 6489 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
281.07
Ryzen 9 9900X +62%
454.53

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 23 PPW 15.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 295.9 PPW 162.9 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 647.4 PPW 452.7 PPW
Blender / Watt 5.21 PPW 3.79 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-26 (Nvdya)Cinebench 2024114 / 1135
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-24 (Peterr)Cinebench 2024117 / 962
πŸ“˜ 2025-03-18 (Rennsport)GeekBench2904 / 15532
πŸ“˜ 2025-03-18 (Asus Tuf FA608WI)Cinebench 2024104 / 1050
πŸ“˜ 2025-03-15 (Urxelix)Cinebench 2024116 / 1217
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AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-20 (Alenaes)Cinebench 2026773 / 7971
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-04 (Alenaes)Cinebench 2024139 / 1841
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-04 (Alenaes)Cinebench 2026763 / 7580
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-01 (PLL)Cinebench 2024137 / 1853
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-03 (freziontechno)Cinebench 2026759 / 7584
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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 and Ryzen 9 9900X

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released June 3, 2024 June 3, 2024
Type Laptop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 5 (Strix Point) Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Model number 370 -
Integrated GPU Radeon 890M Radeon Graphics
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core Ultra 9 285H - Intel Core i9 14900K
Successor - AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 -
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (31st and 6th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 12
P-Threads 8 24
Base Frequency (P) 2.0 GHz 4.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.1 GHz 5.6 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 -
E-Threads 16 -
Base Frequency (E) 2.0 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.3 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 12 12
Total Threads 24 24
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 20x 44x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 64MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Fabrication Process 4 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 15-54 W (configurable) 120 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) - 162 W
Socket FP8 AM5
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 95Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (#14th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics AMD Radeon 890M Radeon Graphics
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2900 MHz 2200 MHz
Shading Units 1024 128
TMUs 64 8
ROPs 32 4
Execution Units 16 2
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 +883%
5.9 TFLOPS
Ryzen 9 9900X
0.6 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon Graphics iGPU (Ryzen 7000) compared to Radeon 890M

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5X-8000		 - DDR5-5600
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 192 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 89.6 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 official page AMD Ryzen 9 9900X official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 28

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