Intel Core i7-7820X vs AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS

Compare Intel Core X-series 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5865 points

9257 points

57% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7275 points

11296 points

55% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5393 points

8584 points

59% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5258 points

8392 points

59% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5958 points

7691 points

29% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

165.28 points

212.59 points

28% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7802 points

11517 points

47% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1416 points

2372 points

67% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

4.00 GHz

11% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz

5.2 GHz

20% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

140 W

45 W

211% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

11 MiB

16 MiB

45% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

262nd of 1,089

104th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series

Ryzen 9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

DDR5 (FP7r2)

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-7820X vs Ryzen 9 8945HS comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 8945HS performs better than the Core i7-7820X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7820X in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 8945HS has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-7820X. Also, the Ryzen 9 8945HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 8945HS outputs less heat than Core i7-7820X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-7820X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.