Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 vs Ryzen 9 8945H
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 9 8945H outperforms Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 by a substantial 38% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Ryzen 9 8945H and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 304 | 532 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Hawk Point (Zen 4/4c, Ryzen 8040) | AMD Strix Point (Zen 5/5c, Ryzen AI 3/5/7/9) |
| Power efficiency | 40.61 | 47.15 |
| Architecture codename | Hawk Point-HS (Zen 4) (2023−2024) | Strix Point (Zen 5) (2024) |
| Release date | 6 December 2023 (1 year ago) | 1 October 2024 (less than a year ago) |
Detailed specifications
Ryzen 9 8945H and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 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 AMD Zen 5 AMD Zen 5c |
| Base clock speed | 4 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 5.2 GHz | 5.1 GHz |
| Bus rate | no data | 54 MHz |
| L1 cache | 512 KB | no data |
| L2 cache | 8 MB | no data |
| L3 cache | 16 MB | no data |
| Chip lithography | 4 nm | 4 nm |
| Die size | 178 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 9 8945H and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 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.
| Socket | FP7/FP7r2/FP8 | FP8 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | 28 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 9 8945H and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360. 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 | USB 4, XDNA 2 NPU (50 TOPS), Secure Processor, SMT, AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| FMA | + | - |
| AVX | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 9 8945H and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360. 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 Compare | AMD Radeon 780M ( - 2800 MHz) | AMD Radeon 880M |
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.
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.
Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core
7-Zip Single
7-Zip
CrossMark Overall
WebXPRT 4 Overall
Blender v3.3 Classroom CPU(-)
Geekbench 6.3 Multi-Core
Geekbench 6.3 Single-Core
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 19.30 | 13.94 |
| Integrated graphics card | 18.32 | 20.03 |
| Recency | 6 December 2023 | 1 October 2024 |
| Threads | 16 | 16 AMD Zen 5 AMD Zen 5c |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | 28 Watt |
Ryzen 9 8945H has a 38.5% higher aggregate performance score.
Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360, on the other hand, has 9.3% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 9 months, 0% more threads, and 60.7% lower power consumption.
The Ryzen 9 8945H is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 in performance tests.
Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 9 8945H and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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