Ryzen 7 260 vs Ryzen 9 8945H
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 7 260 outperforms Ryzen 9 8945H by a small 6% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 355 | 323 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Hawk Point (Zen 4/4c, Ryzen 8040) | no data |
| Power efficiency | 40.03 | 42.46 |
| Designer | AMD | AMD |
| Manufacturer | no data | TSMC |
| Architecture codename | Hawk Point-HS (Zen 4) (2023−2024) | Hawk Point (2024−2025) |
| Release date | 6 December 2023 (1 year ago) | 6 January 2025 (less than a year ago) |
Detailed specifications
Ryzen 9 8945H and Ryzen 7 260 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 | 8 (Octa-Core) | 8 (Octa-Core) |
| Threads | 16 | 16 |
| Base clock speed | 4 GHz | 3.8 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 5.2 GHz | 5.1 GHz |
| L1 cache | 512 KB | 64 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 8 MB | 1 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 16 MB | 16 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 4 nm | 4 nm |
| Die size | 178 mm2 | 178 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | 100 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 25,000 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 9 8945H and Ryzen 7 260 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 | no data | 1 |
| Socket | FP7/FP7r2/FP8 | FP8 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | 45 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 9 8945H and Ryzen 7 260. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | 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 | 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 | + | + |
| Precision Boost 2 | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 9 8945H and Ryzen 7 260 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 9 8945H and Ryzen 7 260. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR5 | DDR5 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon 780M ( - 2800 MHz) | AMD Radeon 780M |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 9 8945H and Ryzen 7 260.
| PCIe version | no data | 4.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 20 |
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core
7-Zip Single
7-Zip
WebXPRT 4 Overall
Blender v3.3 Classroom CPU(-)
Geekbench 6.4 Multi-Core
Geekbench 6.4 Single-Core
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 18.78 | 19.92 |
| Recency | 6 December 2023 | 6 January 2025 |
Ryzen 7 260 has a 6.1% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 1 year.
Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between AMD Ryzen 9 8945H and AMD Ryzen 7 260.
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