AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX vs Intel Core Ultra X7 368H

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX, vs Intel Core Ultra X7 368H. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX and Intel Core Ultra X7 368H
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 8945HX
2002
Intel Core Ultra X7 368H
n/a
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX
34982
Intel Core Ultra X7 368H
n/a
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX
113
Intel Core Ultra X7 368H
126
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX
1720
Intel Core Ultra X7 368H
1147
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX
4036
Intel Core Ultra X7 368H
4167
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX
55932
Intel Core Ultra X7 368H
34293
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX
2767
Intel Core Ultra X7 368H
n/a
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX
16761
Intel Core Ultra X7 368H
n/a
File Compressionn/a1450 MB/s
Clang Compilationn/a131.5 KLines/s
HTML5 Browsern/a459.5 pages/s
PDF Renderingn/a512.1 MP/sec
Text Processingn/a301.9 pages/s
Background Blurn/a71 frames/s
Photo Processingn/a177.8 frames/s
Ray Tracingn/a27.9 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX
476.21
Intel Core Ultra X7 368H
n/a

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 304.7 PPW 692.5 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 1016.9 PPW 1371.7 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 31.3 PPW 45.9 PPW
Blender / W 8.66 PPW n/a

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Intel
Announced April, 1, 2025 January, 5, 2026
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 4 (Dragon Range) Panther Lake
Model number n/a 368H
Integrated GPU Radeon 610M Arc B390

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 16 4
Threads 32 4
Frequency 2.5 GHz 2.0 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5.4 GHz 5 GHz
Efficiency cores
Coresn/a12
Threadsn/a12
Frequencyn/a1.6 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo)n/a4 GHz
General
Cores count1616
Threads count3216
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier24x20x
L1 cache64 KB/core192 KB/core
L2 cache1000 KB/core2560 KB/core
L3 Cache64 MB total18 MB total
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Package

Process tech. 5 nm 2 nm
Power (TDP) 55 W 15-25 W
Max TDP (Boost) 75 W 80 W
Socket FL1 FCBGA2540
Critical temp. 100 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR5-5200 LPDDR5X-9600
Max Size 64 GB 96 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support No No
Max memory bandwidth n/a 153.6 GB

Other

PCIe Version 5.0 5.0
Max PCIe Lanes 28 12
Tech - Compute: AVX-512, BMI1, BMI2, F16C, SHA
- Performance: Precision Boost 2, SMT
- Virtualization: AMD-V
- Security: EVP, NX-Bit, SMAP, SMEP
n/a

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