AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX vs AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 16 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 6 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
61% significantly better overall score
8673 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12364 points
12393 points
0.23% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

14599 points
94% significantly better multitasking score
7498 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

14860 points
105% significantly better heavy workload score
7245 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

13984 points
84% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
7587 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

475.58 points
103% significantly higher Blender score
233.29 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

16083 points
7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
14957 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2764 points
3338 points
20% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
166% significantly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
166% significantly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.50 GHz
3.9 GHz
55% significantly higher clock speed

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

55 W
18% slightly lower TDP
65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

1024 KiB
113% significantly more L1 cache
480 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

16 MiB
166% significantly more L2 cache
6 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache
32 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

31st of 1,089
118th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9
Ryzen 9000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February
2024 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Ryzen 9 7945HX vs Ryzen 5 9600X comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 7945HX is faster than the Ryzen 5 9600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 9600X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 9 7945HX has significantly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 9600X that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 9600X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 9600X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 7945HX. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. A Ryzen 9 7945HX CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 9600X CPU because of its 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 7945HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 9600X. The Ryzen 9 7945HX also has significantly more 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 7945HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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