AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS vs AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 8 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

9257 points

8% slightly better overall score

8535 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

11296 points

39% slightly better gaming score

8107 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8584 points

8825 points

2% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8392 points

9118 points

8% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

212.59 points

468.88 points

120% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.00 GHz

59% significantly higher clock speed

2.50 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.2 GHz

5.4 GHz

3% slightly higher turbo speed

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

16 MiB

100% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB

64 MiB

300% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

104th of 1,089

124th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9

Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2025 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5 (FP7r2)

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 9 8945HS vs Ryzen 9 8945HX comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 8945HX is faster than the Ryzen 9 8945HS. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 8945HS has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 8945HX 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. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 8945HS has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 8945HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 8945HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 9 8945HS CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 9 8945HX CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 9 8945HX has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 8945HS. The Ryzen 9 8945HX 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 8945HS has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.