AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX vs AMD Ryzen 7 7840H

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 16 core CPU vs AMD 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

14004 points
55% significantly better overall score
8985 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12364 points
15% slightly better gaming score
10717 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

14599 points
74% significantly better multitasking score
8377 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

14860 points
81% significantly better heavy workload score
8167 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

13984 points
88% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
7434 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

475.58 points
176% significantly higher Blender score
172.18 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
100% significantly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
100% significantly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.50 GHz
3.80 GHz
51% significantly higher clock speed

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

16 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache
8 MiB

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

31st of 1,089
111th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
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Ryzen 9 7945HX vs Ryzen 7 7840H benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 7945HX beats the Ryzen 7 7840H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 7840H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 7945HX has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 7840H. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7945HX has 16 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 7840H. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 7840H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 7840H has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 7945HX. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 9 7945HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 7 7840H. The Ryzen 9 7945HX also has significantly more L3 cache.

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

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