Ryzen 9 8945HS vs Ryzen 7 7745HX

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 7 7745HX
2023
8 cores / 16 threads, 55 Watt
21.22
+11.9%

Ryzen 7 7745HX outperforms Ryzen 9 8945HS by a moderate 12% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 7 7745HX and Ryzen 9 8945HS processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking233282
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Architecture codenameDragon Range (Zen 4)Hawk Point-HS (Zen 4)
Release date4 January 2023 (1 year ago)6 December 2023 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 7 7745HX 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 speed3.6 GHz4 GHz
Boost clock speed5.1 GHz5.2 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache32 MB (shared)16 MB (shared)
Chip lithographyCCD = 5 nm, I/O = 6 nm4 nm
Die size71 mm2178 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C100 °C
Number of transistors6,570 million25,000 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 7745HX 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
SocketFL1FP8
Power consumption (TDP)55 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 7745HX and Ryzen 9 8945HS. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsDDR5-5200 RAM, PCIe 5, 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, 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 7745HX and Ryzen 9 8945HS are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 7745HX and Ryzen 9 8945HS. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5DDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon 610MAMD Radeon 780M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 7745HX and Ryzen 9 8945HS.

PCIe version5.04.0
PCI Express lanes2820

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 7745HX 21.22
+11.9%
Ryzen 9 8945HS 18.96

Ryzen 7 7745HX outperforms Ryzen 9 8945HS by 12% 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 7745HX 32817
+11.9%
Ryzen 9 8945HS 29322

Ryzen 7 7745HX outperforms Ryzen 9 8945HS by 12% 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 7745HX 2675
+12%
Ryzen 9 8945HS 2388

Ryzen 7 7745HX outperforms Ryzen 9 8945HS by 12% 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 7745HX 13083
+11.6%
Ryzen 9 8945HS 11725

Ryzen 7 7745HX outperforms Ryzen 9 8945HS by 12% 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 7745HX 8006
+2.8%
Ryzen 9 8945HS 7786

Ryzen 7 7745HX outperforms Ryzen 9 8945HS by 3% 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 7745HX 54762
+11.1%
Ryzen 9 8945HS 49299

Ryzen 7 7745HX outperforms Ryzen 9 8945HS by 11% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Ryzen 7 7745HX 16933
+7.9%
Ryzen 9 8945HS 15691

Ryzen 7 7745HX outperforms Ryzen 9 8945HS by 8% in 3DMark06 CPU.

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 7745HX 2.28
+92.1%
Ryzen 9 8945HS 4.38

Ryzen 9 8945HS outperforms Ryzen 7 7745HX by 92% in wPrime 32.

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 7745HX 35
+12.8%
Ryzen 9 8945HS 31

Ryzen 7 7745HX outperforms Ryzen 9 8945HS by 13% 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 7745HX 2986
+12.3%
Ryzen 9 8945HS 2659

Ryzen 7 7745HX outperforms Ryzen 9 8945HS by 12% 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 7745HX 295
+4.8%
Ryzen 9 8945HS 281

Ryzen 7 7745HX outperforms Ryzen 9 8945HS by 5% 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 7745HX 3.5
+2.3%
Ryzen 9 8945HS 3.42

Ryzen 7 7745HX outperforms Ryzen 9 8945HS by 2% 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 7745HX 16.4
+6.8%
Ryzen 9 8945HS 15.4

Ryzen 7 7745HX outperforms Ryzen 9 8945HS by 7% 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 7745HX 14476
+2.6%
Ryzen 9 8945HS 14109

Ryzen 7 7745HX outperforms Ryzen 9 8945HS by 3% 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 7745HX 173
+15%
Ryzen 9 8945HS 151

Ryzen 7 7745HX outperforms Ryzen 9 8945HS by 15% 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 7745HX 359
+20.3%
Ryzen 9 8945HS 298

Ryzen 7 7745HX outperforms Ryzen 9 8945HS by 20% in x264 encoding pass 1.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 21.22 18.96
Integrated graphics card 2.86 18.35
Recency 4 January 2023 6 December 2023
Power consumption (TDP) 55 Watt 45 Watt

The Ryzen 7 7745HX is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 9 8945HS in performance tests.


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