Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 vs Ryzen 9 6980HX

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 9 6980HX and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	522
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Rembrandt (Zen 3+)	AMD Strix Point (Zen 5/5c, Ryzen AI 3/5/7/9)
Power efficiency	no data	47.69
Architecture codename	Rembrandt-H (Zen 3+) (2022)	Strix Point (Zen 5) (2024)
Release date	January 2022 (2 years ago)	1 October 2024 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 9 6980HX and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 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 cores	8 (Octa-Core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	16	16 AMD Zen 5 AMD Zen 5c
Base clock speed	3.3 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	5 GHz	5.1 GHz
Bus rate	no data	54 MHz
L1 cache	64K (per core)	no data
L2 cache	512K (per core)	no data
L3 cache	16 MB (shared)	no data
Chip lithography	6 nm	4 nm
Die size	208 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data
Unlocked multiplier	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 9 6980HX and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 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 configuration	1	no data
Socket	FP7	FP8
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	28 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 9 6980HX and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	MMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA	USB 4, XDNA 2 NPU (50 TOPS), Secure Processor, SMT, AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
Precision Boost 2	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 9 6980HX and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

+

-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 9 6980HX and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR5

DDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare

AMD Radeon 680M ( - 2400 MHz)

AMD Radeon 880M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 9 6980HX and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360.

PCIe version	4.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	20	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Integrated graphics card	15.33	20.07
Threads	16	16 AMD Zen 5 AMD Zen 5c
Chip lithography	6 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	28 Watt

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