AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS vs AMD Ryzen 7 7840H

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 8 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

9257 points
3% slightly better overall score
8985 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

11296 points
5% slightly better gaming score
10717 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8584 points
2% slightly better multitasking score
8377 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8392 points
2% slightly better heavy workload score
8167 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7691 points
3% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
7434 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

212.59 points
23% slightly higher Blender score
172.18 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
Identical
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
Identical
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.00 GHz
5% slightly higher clock speed
3.80 GHz

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
Identical
8 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
Identical
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

104th of 1,089
111th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5 (FP7r2)
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
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Ryzen 9 8945HS vs Ryzen 7 7840H comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 8945HS 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.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 8945HS has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 7840H. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache and 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 8945HS has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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