AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX vs Intel Core i7-14650HX

Ryzen 9 8945HX vs Core i7-14650HX benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 8945HX is faster than the Core i7-14650HX. Despite this, the Core i7-14650HX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number 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 i7-14650HX. Also, the Ryzen 9 8945HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-14650HX has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 8945HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 8945HX has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-14650HX.

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.