AMD Ryzen 9 5900X vs AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 12 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

9859 points
6% slightly better overall score
9257 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9924 points
11296 points
13% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9836 points
14% slightly better multitasking score
8584 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9828 points
17% slightly better heavy workload score
8392 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

10192 points
32% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
7691 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

313.97 points
47% significantly higher Blender score
212.59 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11794 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
11517 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2200 points
2372 points
7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
49% significantly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
49% significantly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz
4.00 GHz
8% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
5.2 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W
45 W
133% significantly lower TDP

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

6 MiB
8 MiB
33% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB
300% significantly more L3 cache
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

94th of 1,089
104th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Desktop
Ryzen 9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
-

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5 (FP7r2)

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Ryzen 9 5900X vs Ryzen 9 8945HS benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 5900X beats the Ryzen 9 8945HS in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 8945HS has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 9 5900X has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Ryzen 9 8945HS that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 8945HS. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 8945HS has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 5900X. Also, the Ryzen 9 8945HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 8945HS outputs less heat than Ryzen 9 5900X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 9 8945HS has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 5900X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 5900X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 9 8945HS.

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 Ryzen 9 5900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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