Intel Core i9-7900X vs AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS

Compare Intel Core X-series 10 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 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

7006 points

8139 points

16% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7653 points

9987 points

30% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6778 points

7532 points

11% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6719 points

7360 points

9% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6987 points

7427 points

6% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

209.19 points

0.70% slightly higher Blender score

207.75 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8832 points

11045 points

25% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1432 points

2333 points

62% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

25% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

25% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz

3.80 GHz

15% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz

5.1 GHz

18% 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

14 MiB

16 MiB

14% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

204th of 1,118

152nd of 1,118

Family

The product line

Core X-series

Ryzen 7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 May

2023 December

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 i9-7900X vs Ryzen 7 8845HS comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 8845HS performs better than the Core i9-7900X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-7900X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-7900X has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 7 8845HS. Indeed, the Core i9-7900X has 10 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 8845HS. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 8845HS. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 8845HS has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-7900X. Also, the Ryzen 7 8845HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 8845HS outputs less heat than Core i9-7900X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i9-7900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.