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

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 16 core CPU vs Intel 24 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

14004 points
27% slightly better overall score
10999 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12364 points
7% slightly better gaming score
11453 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

14599 points
33% slightly better multitasking score
10950 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

14860 points
34% slightly better heavy workload score
11076 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

13984 points
11% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
12548 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

475.58 points
39% slightly higher Blender score
340.82 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

16083 points
3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
15507 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2764 points
3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
2661 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
24
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
Identical
32

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.50 GHz
13% slightly higher clock speed
2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.4 GHz
5.8 GHz
7% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

16 MiB
32 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB
77% significantly more L3 cache
36 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

31st of 1,089
69th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9
Core i9 (14th gen)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February
2024 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR5-5600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
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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. Despite this, the Core i9-14900HX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

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. 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.

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