AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX vs Intel Core i9-14900HX

Ryzen 9 7945HX vs Core i9-14900HX specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 7945HX performs better than the Core i9-14900HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-14900HX in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-14900HX has significantly more cores with 24 cores compared to the Ryzen 9 7945HX that has 16 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 7945HX has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-14900HX. Despite this, the Core i9-14900HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i9-14900HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 9 7945HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7945HX has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i9-14900HX.

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 7945HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.