AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS vs Intel Core i9-12950HX

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 8 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i9 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

9257 points

0.83% slightly better overall score

9181 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

11296 points

5% slightly better gaming score

10659 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8584 points

8766 points

2% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8392 points

8710 points

3% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

212.59 points

247.44 points

16% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.00 GHz

73% significantly higher clock speed

2.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.2 GHz

4% slightly higher turbo speed

5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

22% slightly lower TDP

55 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB

14 MiB

75% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB

30 MiB

87% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

104th of 1,089

108th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9

12th Generation Core i9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5 (FP7r2)

DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Ryzen 9 8945HS vs Core i9-12950HX comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 8945HS performs better than the Core i9-12950HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-12950HX in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-12950HX has significantly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Ryzen 9 8945HS has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 8945HS. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 8945HS has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i9-12950HX. Also, the Ryzen 9 8945HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 9 8945HS CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-12950HX 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 Core i9-12950HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 9 8945HS. The Core i9-12950HX 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 8945HS has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.