Ryzen AI 9 HX 170 vs Mobile Pentium 4 HT 538

Primary details

Comparing Mobile Pentium 4 HT 538 and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD Strix Point (Zen 5/5c, Ryzen AI 3/5/7/9)
Architecture codenamePrescott (2001−2005)Strix Point-HX (Zen 5) (2024)
Release dateJune 2004 (20 years ago)4 June 2024 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Mobile Pentium 4 HT 538 and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores1 (Single-Core)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads224
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz5.1 GHz
L1 cache8 KBno data
L2 cache1 MBno data
L3 cache0 KB36 MB
Chip lithography90 nm3 nm
Die size112 mm2no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)75 °Cno data
Number of transistors125 millionno data
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Mobile Pentium 4 HT 538 and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1no data
Socket478no data
Power consumption (TDP)88 Watt55 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Mobile Pentium 4 HT 538 and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataXDNA 2 NPU
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Mobile Pentium 4 HT 538 and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2no data

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 1 12
Threads 2 24
Chip lithography 90 nm 3 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 88 Watt 55 Watt

Ryzen AI 9 HX 170 has 1100% more physical cores and 1100% more threads, a 2900% more advanced lithography process, and 60% lower power consumption.

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Intel Mobile Pentium 4 HT 538
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