AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX vs AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 16 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 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
72% significantly better overall score
8139 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12364 points
23% slightly better gaming score
9987 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

14599 points
93% significantly better multitasking score
7532 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

14860 points
101% significantly better heavy workload score
7360 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

13984 points
88% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
7427 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

475.58 points
128% significantly higher Blender score
207.75 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

16083 points
45% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
11045 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2764 points
18% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
2333 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

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.4 GHz
5% slightly higher turbo speed
5.1 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

55 W
45 W
22% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

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
144th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9
Ryzen 7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February
2023 December

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR5 (FP7r2)

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Ryzen 9 7945HX vs Ryzen 7 8845HS specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 7945HX is faster than the Ryzen 7 8845HS. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 8845HS in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 7945HX has significantly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 8845HS has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 8845HS. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 8845HS has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 7945HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7945HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 8845HS outputs less heat than Ryzen 9 7945HX thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7945HX has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 8845HS. 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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