Jul 29, 2024 13:00:00

Summary of benchmark results for AMD's latest Zen 5-based AI PC chip 'Ryzen AI 9 HX 370'

In June 2024, AMD

announced its next-generation CPU microarchitecture 'Zen 5' and the Ryzen AI 300 series, which will be a chip for AI PCs that adopts Zen 5. Since then, details of Zen 5 and the Ryzen AI 300 series have been revealed , and the ' Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 ' has also been announced as a higher-end model of the Ryzen AI 300 series. Reviews of this 'Ryzen AI 9 HX 370' have been released immediately, so we have summarized what kind of evaluation it has.

The AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 Review: Unleashing Zen 5 and RDNA 3.5 Into Notebooks
https://www.anandtech.com/show/21485/the-amd-ryzen-ai-hx-370-review

AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370: 100+ Benchmarks Validate Zen 5's Captivating Power Efficiency & Performance Review - Phoronix
https://www.phoronix.com/review/amd-ryzen-ai-9-hx-370

AMD launches Ryzen AI 300 Zen5 'Strix Point' mobile series, first reviews now available - VideoCardz.com
https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-launches-ryzen-ai-300-zen5-strix-point-mobile-series-first-reviews-now-available

'Strix Point' First Tests: AMD Ryzen AI 300 Laptop Chip Flexes Real CPU, NPU Chops | PCMag
https://www.pcmag.com/news/strix-point-first-tests-amd-ryzen-ai-300-laptop-chip-flexes-real-cpu-npu?taid=66a64f019dd5cd000152d2c8

Tested: AMD Ryzen AI 300 brings serious performance to Copilot+ PCs | PCWorld
https://www.pcworld.com/article/2411004

AMD Ryzen AI 300 'Strix' APU-Powered Laptops Launched: Combine Zen 5 CPU, RDNA 3.5 GPU & XDNA 2 NPU Cores, First Die Shot Pictured
https://wccftech.com/amd-ryzen-ai-300-strix-apu-powered-laptops-launch/

Details of the Zen 5 architecture and the Ryzen AI 300 series are summarized in the following article. The Zen 5 architecture is the next-generation architecture of Zen 4 released in 2022, and is designed to reduce latency and improve accuracy and throughput by combining Advanced Branch Prediction and dual-pipe fetching. In addition, as an SoC for AI PCs, it integrates XDNA 2 as an NPU. This enables the Ryzen AI 300 series to achieve AI performance of up to 50 TOPS.

AMD announces details of the new architecture 'Zen 5 architecture' & Zen 5-based AI PC processor 'Ryzen AI 300' & desktop processor 'Ryzen 9000' - GIGAZINE

Technology media AnandTech has reviewed the 'ASUS Zenbook S 16 (UM5606WA)' equipped with the 'Ryzen AI 9 HX 370' SoC. The ASUS Zenbook S 16 is a laptop equipped with a 16-inch display with a resolution of 2880 x 1800 pixels, a refresh rate of 120Hz, a maximum brightness of 400 nits, and an HDR peak brightness of 500 nits.

AnandTech used multiple benchmark software to measure the performance of the 'Ryzen AI 9 HX 370', and the results are as follows. In addition, ASUS offers four performance modes: 'Standard mode', ultra-quiet 'Whisper mode', high-performance 'Performance mode' with 28W TDP, and unlimited 'Full Speed mode', and the benchmark test was performed in 'Performance mode'.

In the peak power test, the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 recorded a maximum of 33.03W. Normally, the peak power value is slightly higher than the TDP, but the Intel Core Ultra 7 155H recorded a peak power of 64.04W despite having a TDP of 28W.

Next, the image below shows a comparison of single-threaded performance scores using

SPEC CPU 2017 , a benchmark software for CPUs. The higher the score, the better the performance. The three being compared are the M3 , Ryzen 97940HS , and Intel Core Ultra 7 155H. The upper part of the two values (gray, orange) indicates integer calculation performance, and the lower part (black, red) indicates floating-point calculation performance. In integer calculation performance, it is only 0.01 points higher than the previous generation Ryzen 97940HS, which is far behind the M3, but in floating-point calculation performance, it recorded a score that was ahead of the others.

Details of the integer arithmetic benchmark are below. Light blue indicates the Intel Core Ultra 7 155H, orange indicates the Ryzen 97940HS, blue indicates the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, and black indicates the M3 scores, and the higher the score, the better the performance. Not only does the M3 record high scores in most tests, but there are also cases where the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 performs worse than the Ryzen 97940HS.

Details of the floating point calculation benchmark are below. In terms of overall score, the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 was the top by far, but when looking at each item, there doesn't seem to be much difference. However, in some tests such as 549.fotonik3d, the score has improved by 41% from the previous model Ryzen 97940HS.

The image below compares the multi-threaded performance scores. In terms of multi-threaded performance, the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 topped both the integer benchmark (gray, orange) and the floating-point benchmark (black, red).

Details of the integer arithmetic benchmark are below. The Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 has significantly improved performance from the Ryzen 97940HS in tests such as 502.gcc, 505.mcf, and 520.omnetpp, and there is a big improvement over single-threaded performance.

Details of the floating point arithmetic benchmark are below. In 503.bwaves, performance is significantly lower than that of the Ryzen 97940HS.

An image comparing single-threaded performance scores using the CPU benchmark software

Cinebench .

Image comparing multi-threaded performance scores.

The image below compares the

UL Procyon Office scores, which measure the performance of Microsoft Office.

Word

Excel

Outlook

PowerPoint

JavaScript benchmark '

JetStream 2 ' score comparison

Benchmark results on MariaDB, a MySQL database

Below is an image showing the time it takes to encode a WebP2 image (how many megapixels of image can be encoded per second)

Below is an image showing the time it takes to encode with the SVT AV1 encoder (how many frames of video can be encoded per second).

When using the fastest preset at 1080p resolution

When using the fastest preset at 4K resolution

When using the intermediate preset at 1080p resolution

When using the intermediate preset at 4K resolution

The image below shows the time it takes to render a model using the 3DCG production tool Blender.

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AnandTech said, 'AMD has established a solid position at the forefront of the notebook PC market with the Ryzen AI 300 series.' The Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 is capable of performing well even under high loads, and is particularly well-suited for high-load workloads such as rendering.