Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 vs Core i5-13400F

Gaming speed, cores and clocks

The Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 and the Core i5-13400F are within a few percent of each other for gaming. In a game, you will not see the difference.

The Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 has 12 cores and 24 threads, and the Core i5-13400F has 10 cores and 16 threads. The extra cores of the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 help with video editing, streaming while you play and heavy multitasking more than with the game itself. Boost clocks are 5.1 GHz and 4.6 GHz.

Platform, power and price

The Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 uses the BGA socket and the Core i5-13400F uses LGA1700, so they need different motherboards, and often different memory. When you compare prices, count the board as well as the chip.

Rated power is 28 W for the first and 65 W for the second. That is close enough that cooling needs will be similar.

We do not have launch prices for both chips, so we cannot compare value.

Which graphics cards each one can feed, and which to buy

At 1080p the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 can feed a card up to the GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop before it holds the card back by more than 10 percent. The Core i5-13400F reaches the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti. Both chips are in the same range for graphics card pairing.

Choose the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 if you want the faster gaming chip and the same or more cores. Choose the Core i5-13400F if you would rather spend the difference on a graphics card, which does more for frame rates in most games.