AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 5 3600, vs AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 5 3600 and AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
1298
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX
2002
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
9501
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX
34982
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
72
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX
113
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
476
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX
1720
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
2564
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX
4036
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
17713
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX
55932
Integer Math48.7 GOps/sn/a
Floating-Point Math28.6 GOps/sn/a
Prime Number Search108 M primes/sn/a
Random String Sort23.7 M strings/sn/a
Data Encryption14 GB/sn/a
Data Compression219.8 MB/sn/a
Physics1155 frames/sn/a
Extended Instructions144 M matrices/sn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
1662
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX
2767
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
7249
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX
16761
File Compression660.6 MB/sn/a
Clang Compilation59 KLines/sn/a
HTML5 Browser146 pages/sn/a
PDF Rendering207.8 MP/secn/a
Text Processing143.3 pages/sn/a
Background Blur37 frames/sn/a
Photo Processing54.2 frames/sn/a
Ray Tracing12.9 MP/secn/a

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
135.61
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX
476.21

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 111.5 PPW 304.7 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 272.5 PPW 1016.9 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 7.3 PPW 31.3 PPW
Blender / W 2.09 PPW 8.66 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Announced July, 7, 2019 April, 1, 2025
Type PC use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 2 (Matisse) Zen 4 (Dragon Range)
Integrated GPU No Radeon 610M

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 6 16
Threads 12 32
Frequency 3.6 GHz 2.5 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4.2 GHz 5.4 GHz
General
Cores count616
Threads count1232
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier36x24x
L1 cache64 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache512 KB/core1000 KB/core
L3 Cache32 MB total64 MB total
Unlocked multiplierYesYes

Package

Transistor count 3.8 billion n/a
Process tech. 7 nm 5 nm
Power (TDP) 65 W 55 W
Max TDP (Boost) n/a 75 W
Socket AM4 FL1
Critical temp. 95 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR4-3200 DDR5-5200
Max Size 128 GB 64 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support Yes No
Max memory bandwidth 47.68 GB n/a

Other

PCIe Version 4.0 5.0
Max PCIe Lanes 16 28
Tech n/a - Compute: AVX-512, BMI1, BMI2, F16C, SHA
- Performance: Precision Boost 2, SMT
- Virtualization: AMD-V
- Security: EVP, NX-Bit, SMAP, SMEP

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX the clear winner in this comparison.

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