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AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 vs AI 7 450

69 out of 100
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470
VS
65 out of 100
AMD Ryzen AI 7 450
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470
AMD Ryzen AI 7 450

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.0 GHz AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 with 12-cores against the 2.0 GHz AI 7 450 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 450 and 470
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470
  • More powerful Radeon 890M integrated graphics: 6.3 vs 3.2 TFLOPS
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • Has 8 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.2 GHz vs 5.1 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen AI 9 HX 470
vs
Ryzen AI 7 450

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 491 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 5224 -
Cinebench Scores (138th and 162nd 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)
File compression 1330 MB/sec 1180 MB/sec
Clang compilation 132.1 Klines/sec 97.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 343.5 pages/sec 291.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 503.3 Mpixels/sec 418.3 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 310.1 pages/sec 303.8 pages/sec
Background blur 65.2 images/sec 67.2 images/sec
Photo processing 140.5 images/sec 125.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 31.3 Mpixels/sec 23 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 130.2 GOps/sec 86.9 GOps/sec
Floating point math 81.3 GOps/sec 53.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 125M Primes/sec 86M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 51.6M Strings/sec 34.9M Strings/sec
Data encryption 23.7 GBytes/sec 15.9 GBytes/sec
Data compression 484.6 MBytes/sec 310.7 MBytes/sec
Physics 1851 Frames/sec 1522 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 34.4B Matrices/sec 22.1B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 103 & 24 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 +2%
217.38
Ryzen AI 7 450
213.22

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 19.8 PPW 18 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 268.4 PPW 253.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 685.4 PPW 478.2 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.03 PPW 3.95 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 and AI 7 450

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released January 5, 2026 January 5, 2026
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 5 (Gorgon Point) Zen 5 (Gorgon Point)
Model number 470 450
Integrated GPU Radeon 890M Radeon 860M
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core Ultra 9 386H - Intel Core Ultra 7 356H
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (36th and 45th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 4
P-Threads 8 8
Base Frequency (P) 2.0 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.2 GHz 5.1 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 4
E-Threads 16 8
Base Frequency (E) 2.0 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.3 GHz 3.6 GHz
Total
Total Cores 12 8
Total Threads 24 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 20x 20x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 4 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 15-54 W (configurable) 15-54 W (configurable)
Socket FP8 FP8
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Laptop processors ranking (54th and 72nd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Radeon 890M Radeon 860M
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz 600 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 3100 MHz 3100 MHz
Shading Units 1024 512
TMUs 64 32
ROPs 32 16
Execution Units 16 8
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 +97%
6.3 TFLOPS
Ryzen AI 7 450
3.2 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 860M compared to Radeon 890M

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5X-8533		 - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5X-8533
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 89.6 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 official page AMD Ryzen AI 7 450 official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 16

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Comments

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