Framework 13 With AMD Ryzen AI 300 Series "Strix Point" Makes For A Great Linux Laptop

Written by Michael Larabel in Computers on 17 April 2025 at 11:00 AM EDT. Page 8 of 9. 23 Comments.
Llama.cpp benchmark with settings of Backend: CPU BLAS, Model: Llama-3.1-Tulu-3-8B-Q8_0, Test: Text Generation 128. Core Ultra 7 256V - ASUS Zenbook S14 was the fastest.
Llama.cpp benchmark with settings of Backend: CPU BLAS, Model: Llama-3.1-Tulu-3-8B-Q8_0, Test: Prompt Processing 512. Ryzen 7 7840HS - Framework 16 was the fastest.
Llama.cpp benchmark with settings of Backend: CPU BLAS, Model: granite-3.0-3b-a800m-instruct-Q8_0, Test: Text Generation 128. Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 - Framework 13 was the fastest.
Llama.cpp benchmark with settings of Backend: CPU BLAS, Model: granite-3.0-3b-a800m-instruct-Q8_0, Test: Prompt Processing 512. Ryzen 7 7840HS - Framework 16 was the fastest.
Whisper.cpp benchmark with settings of Model: ggml-base.en, Input: 2016 State of the Union. Ryzen 7 7840HS - Framework 16 was the fastest.
PyTorch benchmark with settings of Device: CPU, Batch Size: 16, Model: ResNet-50. Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 - Framework 13 was the fastest.

With 12 x Zen 5 cores with AVX-512, the new Framework 13 was also performing very well for AI workloads.

7-Zip Compression benchmark with settings of Test: Compression Rating. Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 - Framework 13 was the fastest.
7-Zip Compression benchmark with settings of Test: Decompression Rating. Ryzen 7 7840HS - Framework 16 was the fastest.
ASTC Encoder benchmark with settings of Preset: Very Thorough. Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 - Framework 13 was the fastest.
ASTC Encoder benchmark with settings of Preset: Very Thorough. Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 - Framework 13 was the fastest.
ASTC Encoder benchmark with settings of Preset: Very Thorough. Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 - Framework 13 was the fastest.
ASTC Encoder benchmark with settings of Preset: Exhaustive. Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 - Framework 13 was the fastest.
libavif avifenc benchmark with settings of Encoder Speed: 6, Lossless. Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 - Framework 13 was the fastest.
PHPBench benchmark with settings of PHP Benchmark Suite. Core Ultra 7 256V - ASUS Zenbook S14 was the fastest.
PyBench benchmark with settings of Total For Average Test Times. Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 - ThinkPad T14s G6 was the fastest.

Long story short, there's great performance out of the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 with the Framework 13 on Ubuntu Linux 25.04.

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