Ryzen 9 8945HS vs Ryzen 7 5800X3D

Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 7 5800X3D
2022
8 cores / 16 threads, 105 Watt
17.88
Ryzen 9 8945HS
2023
8 cores / 16 threads, 45 Watt
18.74
+4.8%

Ryzen 9 8945HS outperforms Ryzen 7 5800X3D by a small 5% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 7 5800X3D and Ryzen 9 8945HS processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking342316
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation28.06no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 7no data
Power efficiency16.0539.25
Architecture codenameVermeer (Zen3) (2020−2022)Hawk Point-HS (Zen 4) (2023−2024)
Release date20 April 2022 (2 years ago)6 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$449no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 7 5800X3D and Ryzen 9 8945HS 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads1616
Base clock speed3.4 GHz4 GHz
Boost clock speed4.5 GHz5.2 GHz
L1 cache512 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache4 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache96 MB (shared)16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography7 nm, 12 nm4 nm
Die size74 + 125 mm178 mm2
Maximum core temperature90 °C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)90 °Cno data
Number of transistors8,850 million25,000 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 5800X3D and Ryzen 9 8945HS 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 configuration11
SocketAM4FP8
Power consumption (TDP)105 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 5800X3D and Ryzen 9 8945HS. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions86x MMX(+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A,-64, AMD-V, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA, Precision Boost 2Ryzen AI, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, AVX-512, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI++
FMA-+
AVX++
Precision Boost 2++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 5800X3D and Ryzen 9 8945HS are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 5800X3D and Ryzen 9 8945HS. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-3200DDR5
Maximum memory size128 GBno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardN/AAMD Radeon 780M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 5800X3D and Ryzen 9 8945HS.

PCIe version4.04.0
PCI Express lanes2020

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


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.

Ryzen 7 5800X3D 17.88
Ryzen 9 8945HS 18.74
+4.8%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Ryzen 7 5800X3D 28304
Ryzen 9 8945HS 29663
+4.8%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Ryzen 7 5800X3D 2119
Ryzen 9 8945HS 2372
+11.9%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Ryzen 7 5800X3D 11084
Ryzen 9 8945HS 11598
+4.6%

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Ryzen 7 5800X3D 6008
Ryzen 9 8945HS 7786
+29.6%

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Ryzen 7 5800X3D 42010
Ryzen 9 8945HS 49299
+17.4%

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Ryzen 7 5800X3D 14479
Ryzen 9 8945HS 15894
+9.8%

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Ryzen 7 5800X3D 3.65
+20%
Ryzen 9 8945HS 4.38

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Ryzen 7 5800X3D 27
Ryzen 9 8945HS 31
+14.3%

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Ryzen 7 5800X3D 2413
Ryzen 9 8945HS 2659
+10.2%

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Ryzen 7 5800X3D 241
Ryzen 9 8945HS 281
+16.6%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Ryzen 7 5800X3D 2.77
Ryzen 9 8945HS 3.42
+23.5%

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Ryzen 7 5800X3D 13.8
Ryzen 9 8945HS 15.4
+11.2%

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Ryzen 7 5800X3D 138
Ryzen 9 8945HS 151
+9%

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Ryzen 7 5800X3D 292
Ryzen 9 8945HS 298
+2.1%

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Ryzen 7 5800X3D 14431
+2.3%
Ryzen 9 8945HS 14109

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Ryzen 7 5800X3D 10856
Ryzen 9 8945HS 12368
+13.9%

Blender(-)

Ryzen 7 5800X3D 213
+10.7%
Ryzen 9 8945HS 192

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Ryzen 7 5800X3D 1622
Ryzen 9 8945HS 1965
+21.1%

7-Zip Single

Ryzen 7 5800X3D 6799
+8.8%
Ryzen 9 8945HS 6250

7-Zip

Ryzen 7 5800X3D 69518
Ryzen 9 8945HS 71704
+3.1%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 17.88 18.74
Recency 20 April 2022 6 December 2023
Chip lithography 7 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 105 Watt 45 Watt

Ryzen 9 8945HS has a 4.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, a 75% more advanced lithography process, and 133.3% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Ryzen 7 5800X3D and Ryzen 9 8945HS.

Note that Ryzen 7 5800X3D is a desktop processor while Ryzen 9 8945HS is a notebook one.


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