AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX vs Intel Core i7-12850HX

Compare AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 16 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i7 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

10538 points

18% slightly better overall score

8926 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9595 points

10736 points

11% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

10967 points

30% slightly better multitasking score

8383 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11265 points

36% slightly better heavy workload score

8262 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

468.88 points

114% significantly higher Blender score

218.16 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.50 GHz

19% slightly higher clock speed

2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.4 GHz

12% slightly higher turbo speed

4.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

55 W

Identical

55 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

1024 KiB

1280 KiB

25% slightly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

16 MiB

14% slightly more L2 cache

14 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB

156% significantly more L3 cache

25 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

80th of 1,118

117th of 1,118

Family

The product line

Ryzen 8000 Series

12th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2025 April

2022 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5

DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Ryzen 9 8945HX vs Core i7-12850HX comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 8945HX beats the Core i7-12850HX in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-12850HX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Ryzen 9 8945HX has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 8945HX has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-12850HX. 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. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 9 8945HX has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-12850HX. 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.