Intel Core i5 8259U vs AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
We compared two laptop CPUs: Intel Core i5 8259U with 4 cores 2.3GHz and AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 with 12 cores 2.0GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
Intel Core i5 8259U Advantages
Higher base frequency (2.3GHz vs 2.0GHz)
Lower TDP (28W vs 54W)
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 Advantages
Released 6 years and 2 months late
Better graphics card performance
Higher specification of memory (8000 vs 2400)
Larger memory bandwidth (89.6GB/s vs 37.5GB/s)
Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)
Larger L3 cache size (24MB vs 6MB)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 14nm)
Score
Benchmark
Cinebench R23 Single Core
Intel Core i5 8259U
899
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
+126%
2036
Cinebench R23 Multi Core
Intel Core i5 8259U
3564
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
+567%
23783
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Intel Core i5 8259U
1220
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
+144%
2987
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Intel Core i5 8259U
4337
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
+268%
15976
Blender
Intel Core i5 8259U
65
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
+373%
308
Passmark CPU Single Core
Intel Core i5 8259U
2239
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
+77%
3974
Passmark CPU Multi Core
Intel Core i5 8259U
8002
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
+340%
35235
General Parameters
Apr 2018
Release Date
Jun 2024
Intel
Manufacturer
Amd
Laptop
Type
Laptop
x86-64
Instruction Set
x86-64
Coffee Lake
Core Architecture
Zen 5 (Strix Point)
i5-8259U
Processor Number
-
BGA-1528
Socket
FP8
Iris Plus Graphics 655
Integrated Graphics
Radeon 890M
-
Generation
Ryzen AI 300 Series
Package
-
Transistor Count
14 nm
Manufacturing Process
4 nm
28 W
Power Consumption
15-54 W
-
Max Turbo Power Consumption
W
100 °C
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
-
Foundry
TSMC
-
I/O Process Size
6 nm
CPU Performance
4
Performance Cores
4
8
Performance Core Threads
8
2.3 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.0 GHz
3.8 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5.1 GHz
-
Efficiency Cores
8
-
Efficiency Core Threads
16
-
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
2.0 GHz
-
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
3.3 GHz
4
Total Core Count
12
8
Total Thread Count
24
-
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
23x
Multiplier
20
64 K per core
L1 Cache
80 K per core
256 K per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
6 MB shared
L3 Cache
24 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
-
SMP
1
Memory Parameters
DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133
Memory Types
DDR5-5600,LPDDR5X-8000
32 GB
Max Memory Size
256 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
2
37.5 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
89.6 GB/s
No
ECC Memory Support
No
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
300 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
800 MHz
1050 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2900 MHz
384
Shader Units
1024
48
Texture Units
64
6
Raster Operation Units
40
48
Execution Units
16
15 W
Power Consumption
15
4096x2304 - 60 Hz
Max Resolution
7680x4320 - 60 Hz
0.81 TFLOPS
Graphics Performance
5.94 TFLOPS
AI Accelerator
-
NPU
AMD Ryzen™ AI
-
Theoretical performance
50 TOPS
Miscellaneous
3.0
PCIe Version
4.0
16
PCIe Lanes
16
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Extended Instruction Set
-
