AMD Ryzen 9 7900 vs AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 12 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 16 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

12696 points
48% significantly better overall score
8535 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12933 points
59% significantly better gaming score
8107 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

12616 points
42% significantly better multitasking score
8825 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

12600 points
38% slightly better heavy workload score
9118 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

394.92 points
468.88 points
18% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
32
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.70 GHz
47% significantly higher clock speed
2.50 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.4 GHz
Identical
5.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
55 W
18% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

768 KiB
1024 KiB
33% slightly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

12 MiB
16 MiB
33% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB
Identical
64 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

45th of 1,089
124th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9
Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 January
2025 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Ryzen 9 7900 vs Ryzen 9 8945HX specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 7900 beats the Ryzen 9 8945HX in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 8945HX in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 8945HX has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 9 7900. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 8945HX has 16 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Ryzen 9 7900. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 7900. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 7900 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 9 8945HX. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. The Ryzen 9 8945HX outputs less heat than Ryzen 9 7900 thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 9 8945HX has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 9 7900. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7900 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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