AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX vs AMD RYZEN AI MAX+ 395

Compare AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 16 core CPU vs AMD 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

11441 points
1% slightly better overall score
11227 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9957 points
12120 points
21% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

12030 points
8% slightly better multitasking score
11094 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

12352 points
9% slightly better heavy workload score
11316 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

468.88 points
2% slightly higher Blender score
458.55 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
Identical
16

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
Identical
32

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.50 GHz
3 GHz
19% slightly higher clock speed

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

16 MiB
Identical
16 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB
Identical
64 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

66th of 1,126
72nd of 1,126

Family

The product line

Ryzen 8000 Series
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2025 April
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
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Ryzen 9 8945HX vs RYZEN AI MAX+ 395 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 8945HX performs better than the RYZEN AI MAX+ 395. Despite this, the RYZEN AI MAX+ 395 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the RYZEN AI MAX+ 395 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 9 8945HX. The data shows that both these CPUs have same sized L2 caches and 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.

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