AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX vs AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX, vs AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX 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 9 8940HX
1810
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX
2002
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
29604
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX
34982
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
112
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX
113
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
1629
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX
1720
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
n/a
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX
4036
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
n/a
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX
55932
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
2708
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX
2767
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
15317
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX
16761
File Compression1250 MB/sn/a
Clang Compilation178.9 KLines/sn/a
HTML5 Browser262.1 pages/sn/a
PDF Rendering430 MP/secn/a
Text Processing255 pages/sn/a
Background Blur55.9 frames/sn/a
Photo Processing94.7 frames/sn/a
Ray Tracing39.9 MP/secn/a

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
n/a
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX
476.21

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 278.5 PPW 304.7 PPW
PassMark CPU / W n/a 1016.9 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 29.6 PPW 31.3 PPW
Blender / W n/a 8.66 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Announced April, 1, 2025 April, 1, 2025
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 4 (Dragon Range) Zen 4 (Dragon Range)
Integrated GPU Radeon 610M Radeon 610M

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 16 16
Threads 32 32
Frequency 2.4 GHz 2.5 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5.3 GHz 5.4 GHz
General
Cores count1616
Threads count3232
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier2424x
L1 cache64 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache1000 KB/core1000 KB/core
L3 Cache64 MB total64 MB total
Unlocked multiplierYesYes

Package

Process tech. 5 nm 5 nm
Power (TDP) 55 W 55 W
Max TDP (Boost) 75 W 75 W
Socket FL1 FL1
Critical temp. 100 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR5-5200 DDR5-5200
Max Size 64 GB 64 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support No No

Other

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

Survey

Which CPU would you pick?
1 (33.33%)
2 (66.67%)
Total Votes: 3

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