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Intel Core i9 13980HX vs AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370

71 out of 100
Intel Core i9 13980HX
VS
72 out of 100
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
Intel Core i9 13980HX
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.2 GHz Intel Core i9 13980HX with 24-cores against the 2.0 GHz AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 with 12-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 370 and 13980HX
Advantages of Intel Core i9 13980HX
  • Has 12 more physical cores
  • Has 12 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 10% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.6 GHz vs 5.1 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
  • More powerful AMD Radeon 890M integrated graphics: 5.9 vs 0.8 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 10 nanometers
  • Newer - released 1 year and 5 months later
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i9 13980HX
vs
Ryzen AI 9 HX 370

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 475
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 5200
Cinebench Scores (25th and 103rd 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 1400 MB/sec 1340 MB/sec
Clang compilation 161.1 Klines/sec 139.9 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 432.8 pages/sec 335.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 469.4 Mpixels/sec 468.2 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 277 pages/sec 322.1 pages/sec
Background blur 53.3 images/sec 63.8 images/sec
Photo processing 136.1 images/sec 124.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 36.2 Mpixels/sec 33.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 434 & 3 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 163.4 GOps/sec 122.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 116.3 GOps/sec 76.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 186M Primes/sec 127M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 64.7M Strings/sec 48.3M Strings/sec
Data encryption 34.5 GBytes/sec 22.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 572.8 MBytes/sec 442.7 MBytes/sec
Physics 2510 Frames/sec 1881 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 33B Matrices/sec 31.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2555 & 3074 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i9 13980HX +36%
382.64
Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
281.07

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 36.6 PPW 23 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 315.2 PPW 295.9 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 824.3 PPW 647.4 PPW
Blender / Watt 6.96 PPW 5.21 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
Intel Core i9 13980HX
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-14 (Judicatio)Cinebench 2024128 / 1861
πŸ“˜ 2025-03-18 (Rennsport)Geekbench 6 CPU2951 / 17667
πŸ“˜ 2024-06-27 (PPLord)Cinebench 2024120 / 1190
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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)Geekbench 6 CPU2904 / 15532
πŸ“˜ 2025-03-18 (Asus Tuf FA608WI)Cinebench 2024104 / 1050
πŸ“˜ 2025-03-15 (Urxelix)Cinebench 2024116 / 1217
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i9 13980HX and AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 3, 2023 June 3, 2024
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Zen 5 (Strix Point)
Model number i9-13980HX 370
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (32EU) Radeon 890M
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX - Intel Core Ultra 9 285H
Successor - - AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470
Intel CPU rating (#40th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#31st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 4
P-Threads 16 8
Base Frequency (P) 2.2 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.6 GHz 5.1 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 16 8
E-Threads 16 16
Base Frequency (E) 1.6 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4 GHz 3.3 GHz
Total
Total Cores 24 12
Total Threads 32 24
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 22x 20x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 36MB (shared) 24MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 45-55 W (configurable) 15-54 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 157 W -
Socket BGA-1964 FP8
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (47th and 43rd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (32EU) AMD Radeon 890M
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1650 MHz 2900 MHz
Shading Units 256 1024
TMUs 16 64
ROPs 8 32
Execution Units 32 16
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i9 13980HX
0.8 TFLOPS
Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 +638%
5.9 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 890M compared to UHD Graphics 770

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200		 - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5X-8000
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s -
ECC Support Yes No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i9 13980HX official page AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 16

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