Ryzen 9 8945HS vs Ryzen 7 7730U

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 7 7730U
2023
8 cores / 16 threads, 15 Watt
12.07
Ryzen 9 8945HS
2023
8 cores / 16 threads, 45 Watt
18.93
+56.8%

Ryzen 9 8945HS outperforms Ryzen 7 7730U by an impressive 57% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 7 7730U and Ryzen 9 8945HS processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking599282
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Architecture codenameBarcelo-U RefreshHawk Point-HS (Zen 4)
Release date4 January 2023 (1 year ago)6 December 2023 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 7 7730U 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 speed2 GHz4 GHz
Boost clock speed4.5 GHz5.2 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache16 MB (shared)16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography7 nm4 nm
Die size180 mm2178 mm2
Maximum core temperature95 °C100 °C
Number of transistors10,700 million25,000 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 7730U 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
SocketFP6FP8
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 7730U and Ryzen 9 8945HS. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsDDR4-3200/LPDDR4x-4266 RAM (incl. ECC), PCIe 3, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEDDR5-5600/LPDDR5x-7500 RAM, PCIe 4, Ryzen 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++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 7730U and Ryzen 9 8945HS are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 7730U and Ryzen 9 8945HS. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)AMD Radeon 780M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 7730U and Ryzen 9 8945HS.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes1620

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 7730U 12.07
Ryzen 9 8945HS 18.93
+56.8%

Ryzen 9 8945HS outperforms Ryzen 7 7730U by 57% based on our aggregate benchmark results.


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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Ryzen 7 7730U 18662
Ryzen 9 8945HS 29273
+56.9%

Ryzen 9 8945HS outperforms Ryzen 7 7730U by 57% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Ryzen 7 7730U 1663
Ryzen 9 8945HS 2387
+43.5%

Ryzen 9 8945HS outperforms Ryzen 7 7730U by 44% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Ryzen 7 7730U 6501
Ryzen 9 8945HS 11718
+80.2%

Ryzen 9 8945HS outperforms Ryzen 7 7730U by 80% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

Ryzen 7 7730U 6243
Ryzen 9 8945HS 7786
+24.7%

Ryzen 9 8945HS outperforms Ryzen 7 7730U by 25% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Ryzen 7 7730U 32670
Ryzen 9 8945HS 49299
+50.9%

Ryzen 9 8945HS outperforms Ryzen 7 7730U by 51% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

Ryzen 7 7730U 4.37
+0.2%
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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

Ryzen 7 7730U 19
Ryzen 9 8945HS 31
+63.1%

Ryzen 9 8945HS outperforms Ryzen 7 7730U by 63% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

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

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Ryzen 7 7730U 1830
Ryzen 9 8945HS 2659
+45.3%

Ryzen 9 8945HS outperforms Ryzen 7 7730U by 45% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Ryzen 7 7730U 231
Ryzen 9 8945HS 281
+21.6%

Ryzen 9 8945HS outperforms Ryzen 7 7730U by 22% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

Ryzen 7 7730U 2.76
Ryzen 9 8945HS 3.42
+23.9%

Ryzen 9 8945HS outperforms Ryzen 7 7730U by 24% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 7 7730U 10.1
Ryzen 9 8945HS 15.4
+52%

Ryzen 9 8945HS outperforms Ryzen 7 7730U by 52% in TrueCrypt AES.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 7 7730U 5881
Ryzen 9 8945HS 14109
+140%

Ryzen 9 8945HS outperforms Ryzen 7 7730U by 140% in WinRAR 4.0.

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.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 7 7730U 91
Ryzen 9 8945HS 151
+65.7%

Ryzen 9 8945HS outperforms Ryzen 7 7730U by 66% in x264 encoding pass 2.

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.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 7 7730U 236
Ryzen 9 8945HS 298
+26.2%

Ryzen 9 8945HS outperforms Ryzen 7 7730U by 26% in x264 encoding pass 1.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 12.07 18.93
Integrated graphics card 9.07 18.35
Recency 4 January 2023 6 December 2023
Chip lithography 7 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 45 Watt

The Ryzen 9 8945HS is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 7 7730U in performance tests.


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