Athlon II M300 vs Ryzen AI 9 HX 375

Place in the ranking	291	2984
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	34.49	1.14
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 ( - 2900 MHz)

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.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 19.68
+4586%

Athlon II M300 0.42

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.

Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 31255
+4565%

Athlon II M300 670

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	19.68	0.42
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 a 4585.7% higher aggregate performance score, 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.

The Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon II M300 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 and Athlon II M300, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.