AMD slyly lists new Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 Strix Point CPU

AMD has stealthily announced a new Strix Point-based laptop chip called the Ryzen AI 9 HX 375. Its name suggests it is a more powerful version of the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, but the differences between the two are far more subtle, with the Ryzen AI 9 HX 275 featuring an NPU rated at 55 TOPS (85 TOPS total system performance), as opposed to 50 TOPS (80 TOPS total system performance) on the HX 370.

Otherwise, the Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 has the same specs, including 12 cores (8 Zen 5c + 4 Zen 5), 24 threads, a single-core boost of 5.1 GHz, cTDP ranging between 14 and 54 Watts (28 Watt default). It features the same Radeon 890M iGPU with 16 CUs that supports 4 display and HDMI 2.1, DP 2.1 and a max clock of 2.9 GHz.

It is unclear as to which laptop the Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 will power.  Even though it was notably absent from most benchmarking platforms, its performance shouldn't differ much from the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, except maybe in tasks that require an NPU. One can't fathom why it exists or why AMD kept it secret until a few days before Strix Point drops is a mystery.