i7-9700K vs Ryzen 9 8945H

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 9 8945H
2023
8 cores / 16 threads, 45 Watt
19.29
+112%
Core i7-9700K
2018
8 cores / 8 threads, 95 Watt
9.10

Ryzen 9 8945H outperforms Core i7-9700K by a whopping 112% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 9 8945H and Core i7-9700K processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking304843
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data7.44
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Hawk Point (Zen 4/4c, Ryzen 8040)Intel Core i7
Power efficiency40.579.07
Architecture codenameHawk Point-HS (Zen 4) (2023−2024)Coffee Lake-R (2018−2019)
Release date6 December 2023 (1 year ago)19 October 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$374

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 9 8945H and Core i7-9700K 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)
Threads168
Base clock speed4 GHz3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed5.2 GHz4.9 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data36
L1 cache512 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache8 MB256K (per core)
L3 cache16 MB12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography4 nm14 nm
Die size178 mm2178 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data+
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 9 8945H and Core i7-9700K 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 configurationno data1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFP7/FP7r2/FP8LGA-1151
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 9 8945H and Core i7-9700K. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsRyzen 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, SMEIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
SIPP-+

Security technologies

Ryzen 9 8945H and Core i7-9700K technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
MPX-+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 9 8945H and Core i7-9700K are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 9 8945H and Core i7-9700K. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data42.671 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
AMD Radeon 780M ( - 2800 MHz)Intel UHD Graphics 630
Max video memoryno data64 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.2 GHz
InTru 3Dno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 9 8945H and Core i7-9700K integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen 9 8945H and Core i7-9700K integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096 x 2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096 x 2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 9 8945H and Core i7-9700K integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 9 8945H and Core i7-9700K.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

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 9 8945H 19.29
+112%
i7-9700K 9.10

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 9 8945H 30643
+112%
i7-9700K 14453

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 9 8945H 7594
i7-9700K 7653
+0.8%

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 9 8945H 46572
+8.9%
i7-9700K 42778

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 9 8945H 15476
+19.7%
i7-9700K 12928

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 9 8945H 2.63
+70.7%
i7-9700K 4.49

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 9 8945H 29
+84.1%
i7-9700K 16

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

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

Ryzen 9 8945H 2691
+85.7%
i7-9700K 1449

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 9 8945H 284
+38.2%
i7-9700K 206

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 9 8945H 3.28
+38.4%
i7-9700K 2.37

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 9 8945H 15.1
+86.4%
i7-9700K 8.1

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 9 8945H 7542
+2%
i7-9700K 7396

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 9 8945H 150
+58.3%
i7-9700K 95

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 9 8945H 292
+8.2%
i7-9700K 270

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Ryzen 9 8945H 11980
+61%
i7-9700K 7440

Blender(-)

Ryzen 9 8945H 182
i7-9700K 307
+68.7%

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Ryzen 9 8945H 1994
+53.4%
i7-9700K 1300

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 19.29 9.10
Integrated graphics card 18.32 3.09
Recency 6 December 2023 19 October 2018
Threads 16 8
Chip lithography 4 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 95 Watt

Ryzen 9 8945H has a 112% higher aggregate performance score, 492.9% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 5 years, 100% more threads, a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 111.1% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 9 8945H is our recommended choice as it beats the Core i7-9700K in performance tests.

Be aware that Ryzen 9 8945H is a notebook processor while Core i7-9700K is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 9 8945H and Core i7-9700K, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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