AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS, vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS and AMD Ryzen 5 5500
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 8945HS
1805
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
1358
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
17079
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
10412
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
106
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
78
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
967
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
549
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
3847
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
3057
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
29890
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
19342
Integer Math101.6 GOps/s65.2 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math62.1 GOps/s36.8 GOps/s
Prime Number Search93 M primes/s57 M primes/s
Random String Sort43.2 M strings/s24.7 M strings/s
Data Encryption21.4 GB/s14.9 GB/s
Data Compression358.4 MB/s245.5 MB/s
Physics1439 frames/s898 frames/s
Extended Instructions271 M matrices/s172 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
2394
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
1961
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
11875
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
8220
File Compression494.2 MB/s819.4 MB/s
Clang Compilation92.7 KLines/s61.3 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser287.4 pages/s147.3 pages/s
PDF Rendering280.8 MP/sec233.2 MP/sec
Text Processing251.5 pages/s191.9 pages/s
Background Blur65.5 frames/s40.4 frames/s
Photo Processing104.2 frames/s61.4 frames/s
Ray Tracing27.1 MP/sec15.4 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
218.76
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
143.63

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 219.9 PPW 126.5 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 553.5 PPW 297.6 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 17.9 PPW 8.4 PPW
Blender / W 4.05 PPW 2.21 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Announced December, 6, 2023 March, 15, 2022
Type Laptop use PC use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 4 (Hawk Point) Zen 3 (Cezanne)
Integrated GPU Radeon 780M No

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 8 6
Threads 16 12
Frequency 4.0 GHz 3.6 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5.2 GHz 4.2 GHz
General
Cores count86
Threads count1612
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier40x36x
L1 cache64 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache1000 KB/core512 KB/core
L3 Cache16 MB total16 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoYes

Package

Transistor count 25 billion n/a
Process tech. 4 nm 7 nm
Power (TDP) 35-54 W 65 W
Socket FP8 AM4
Critical temp. 100 °C 90 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5x-7500
DDR4-3200
Max Size 256 GB 128 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support No No
Max memory bandwidth n/a 47.68 GB

Other

PCIe Version 4.0 3.0
Max PCIe Lanes 20 24

Results

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

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