AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS vs AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen PRO 6000 Series 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
29% slightly better overall score
7135 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

11296 points
25% slightly better gaming score
9019 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8584 points
31% slightly better multitasking score
6520 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8392 points
32% slightly better heavy workload score
6356 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

212.59 points
22% slightly higher Blender score
172.91 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11517 points
20% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
9559 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2372 points
19% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1990 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
21% slightly higher clock speed
3.30 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.2 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed
4.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
Identical
45 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache
4 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
183rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9
Ryzen PRO 6000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

-
2022 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5 (FP7r2)
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Ryzen 9 8945HS vs Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 8945HS beats the Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores 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 9 PRO 6950H. Also, the Ryzen 9 8945HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. 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. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 8945HS has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H. However, both these chips have the same amount of 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.

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