AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D vs AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 16 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 12 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
15772 points
35% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10251 points
15040 points
46% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

12118 points
16008 points
32% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

12323 points
16094 points
30% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

12988 points
13700 points
5% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

463.95 points
466.69 points
0.59% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

16655 points
20191 points
21% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2764 points
3294 points
19% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
33% slightly more cores
12

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
33% slightly more threads
24

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.30 GHz
4.4 GHz
91% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.4 GHz
5.5 GHz
1% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

55 W
118% significantly lower TDP
120 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

1024 KiB
6% slightly more L1 cache
960 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

16 MiB
33% slightly more L2 cache
12 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

192 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache
128 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

56th of 1,089
19th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9
Ryzen 9000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 July
2025 March

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 9900X3D benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 9900X3D beats the Ryzen 9 7945HX3D in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 7945HX3D in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 7945HX3D has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 9 9900X3D. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7945HX3D has 16 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Ryzen 9 9900X3D. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 9900X3D. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 9900X3D has a significantly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 9 7945HX3D. Also, the Ryzen 9 9900X3D has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 9 7945HX3D CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 9 9900X3D CPU because of its significantly 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 7945HX3D has slightly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 9900X3D. The Ryzen 9 7945HX3D 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 7945HX3D has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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