AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX vs Intel Core i7-12650HX

Ryzen 9 8945HX vs Core i7-12650HX comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 8945HX beats the Core i7-12650HX in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-12650HX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 8945HX has slightly more cores than the Core i7-12650HX. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 8945HX has 16 cores compared to 14 cores found in the Core i7-12650HX. It also has more threads than the Core i7-12650HX. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 8945HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12650HX. Also, the Ryzen 9 8945HX 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 info from our database shows that the Ryzen 9 8945HX has more L2 cache than the Core i7-12650HX. 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 8945HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.