AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D vs AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 16 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 16 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

11621 points
1% slightly better overall score
11441 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10251 points
2% slightly better gaming score
9957 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

12118 points
0.73% slightly better multitasking score
12030 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

12323 points
12352 points
0.24% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

463.95 points
468.88 points
1% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
Identical
16

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
Identical
32

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.30 GHz
2.50 GHz
8% slightly 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
Identical
55 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

1024 KiB
Identical
1024 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

16 MiB
Identical
16 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

192 MiB
200% significantly more L3 cache
64 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

59th of 1,126
66th of 1,126

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9
Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 July
2025 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Ryzen 9 7945HX3D vs Ryzen 9 8945HX specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 7945HX3D beats the Ryzen 9 8945HX in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 8945HX in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 8945HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 7945HX3D. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, both these CPUs have the same amount of L2 cache. The Ryzen 9 7945HX3D also has significantly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7945HX3D has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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