Ryzen 9 7945HX3D vs EPYC 9654

General info

Comparing EPYC 9654 and Ryzen 9 7945HX3D processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	4	75
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	10.10	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	AMD EPYC	AMD Dragon Range (Zen 4, Ryzen 7045)
Architecture codename	Genoa	Dragon Range-HX (Zen 4)
Release date	10 November 2022 (1 year ago)	28 July 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$11,805	no data
Current price	$4544 (0.4x MSRP)	no data

Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Technical specs

EPYC 9654 and Ryzen 9 7945HX3D basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	96	16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads	192	32
Base clock speed	2.4 GHz	2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.7 GHz	5.4 GHz
L1 cache	64K (per core)	1 MB
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	16 MB
L3 cache	384 MB (shared)	128 MB
Chip lithography	5 nm, 6 nm	5 nm
Die size	12x 72 mm2	2x 71 mm2
Maximum core temperature	no data	89 °C
Number of transistors	78,840 million	17,840 million
64 bit support	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	Yes

Compatibility

Information on EPYC 9654 and Ryzen 9 7945HX3D compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	2	1
Socket	SP5	FL1
Power consumption (TDP)	360 Watt	55 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by EPYC 9654 and Ryzen 9 7945HX3D. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by EPYC 9654 and Ryzen 9 7945HX3D are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by EPYC 9654 and Ryzen 9 7945HX3D. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR5-4800	DDR5-5200
Maximum memory size	6 TiB	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	460.8 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon 610M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by EPYC 9654 and Ryzen 9 7945HX3D.

PCIe version	5.0	5.0
PCI Express lanes	128	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

EPYC 9654 outperforms Ryzen 9 7945HX3D by 108% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Advantages and disadvantages

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Performance score	78.96	38.05
Recency	10 November 2022	28 July 2023
Physical cores	96	16
Threads	192	32
Power consumption (TDP)	360 Watt	55 Watt

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