Lo, at Computex 2024, AMD’s forthcoming Ryzen AI APUs did steal the limelight, but their true prowess remained shrouded — until this very moment. Behold, three Geekbench tests have surfaced, unveiling the splendor of AMD’s flagship APU, a marvel to behold. Not merely boasting the highest tally of TOPS in an NPU, AMD now shines with competitive CPU performance fit for a desktop and a greatly enhanced GPU. Let us delve deeper into this enchanting tale.
The Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 graced two Geekbench trials and one OpenCL examination, offering us a glimpse into both the powers of the CPU and GPU. Ere we delve into the fathoms of test results, ’tis prudent to note that in these trials, the APU appeared under the moniker of AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 170, bedecked with a Radeon 880M GPU. However, as pointed out by Wccftech, it seems AMD hath altered its nomenclature at the eleventh hour, with the HX 170 now reborn as the HX 370. The GPU residing within ought to be the 890M, hence some discrepancies linger.
In the hallowed halls of the Geekbench 6.3 test, the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 achieved a grand tally of 2,544 and 14,158 points in the single- and multi-core assessments, respectively. For comparison’s sake, the desktop CPU Ryzen 5 7600 secured 2,739 points in the single-core trial and 12,287 in the multi-core assay, placing the APU victorious in the realm of multithreaded challenges whilst falling slightly behind in the single-core saga. Yet, let us not forget the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370’s possession of 12 cores and 24 threads, a doubling of what the Ryzen 5 7600 can proffer. In comparison to its APU predecessor, the Ryzen 9 8945HS, the new chip prevails, leading in multi-core tasks by an estimated 20%.
The OpenCL trial unfolded even more splendidly, if such a thing were possible. The Radeon 890M GPU (mistakenly perceived as the Radeon 880M) triumphed with a score of 41,995 points, matching the performance of Nvidia’s GTX 1650 Ti desktop variant or the RTX 2050 mobile edition. It also surpassed the previous generation’s Radeon 780M by a staggering 40%.
A visual chronicle of benchmark scores for the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 showcases the glory attained in these trials.
There lies one crucial consideration when pondering these benchmarks: The new APUs lack a definitive TDP and may scale from humble 15 watts up to a robust 54 watts. The TDP of the chip in question remains enigmatic, but if we presume it dwelt at the lower end of the spectrum, then these results take on an even more dazzling hue.
Though ’tis but the dawn of this epoch, ’tis clear that AMD hath staged a monumental performance uplift. Methinks we shall witness a greater leap in these AI mobile APUs than in the desktop iterations of Zen 5 processors. The hour draws near when we shall embark upon our own trials, for the APUs and CPUs alike are slated to grace the world in the July of 2024.
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