Athlon II M300 vs Ryzen AI 9 HX 375
Primary details
Comparing Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 and Athlon II M300 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 302 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Strix Point (Zen 5/5c, Ryzen AI 3/5/7/9) | AMD Athlon II |
| Power efficiency | 33.40 | no data |
| Architecture codename | Strix Point-HX (Zen 5) (2024) | Caspian (2009) |
| Release date | 25 July 2024 (less than a year ago) | 10 September 2009 (15 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 and Athlon II M300 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 | 12 (Dodeca-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 24 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 2 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 5.1 GHz | 2 GHz |
| Bus rate | no data | 3200 MHz |
| L1 cache | no data | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 12 MB | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | 24 MB | no data |
| Chip lithography | 4 nm | 45 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | no data | - |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 and Athlon II M300 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.
| Socket | FP8 | Socket S1 (S1g3) |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 54 Watt | 35 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 and Athlon II M300. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | USB 4, XDNA 2 NPU (55 TOPS), SMT, AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization |
| AES-NI | + | - |
| AVX | + | - |
| PowerNow | - | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 and Athlon II M300. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR5 | DDR2 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon 890M | no data |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 25 July 2024 | 10 September 2009 |
| Physical cores | 12 | 2 |
| Threads | 24 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 4 nm | 45 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 54 Watt | 35 Watt |
Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 has an age advantage of 14 years, 500% more physical cores and 1100% more threads, and a 1025% more advanced lithography process.
Athlon II M300, on the other hand, has 54.3% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 and Athlon II M300. We've got no test results to judge.
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