AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX vs Ryzen 9 6900HX

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.5 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX with 16-cores against the 3.3 GHz Ryzen 9 6900HX with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 6900HX and 7945HX
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
  • Has 49152 KB larger L3 cache size
  • Newer - released 1-year later
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • 35% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2807 vs 2078 points
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 6 nanometers
  • 10% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.4 GHz vs 4.9 GHz)
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Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench R23

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
34403

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
16202
File compression 1330 MB/sec 1020 MB/sec
Clang compilation 195.8 Klines/sec 78.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 256.2 pages/sec 221 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 433.7 Mpixels/sec 347.2 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 287.1 pages/sec 219.9 pages/sec
Background blur 61.5 images/sec 33.1 images/sec
Photo processing 95.4 images/sec 85 images/sec
Ray tracing 45.5 Mpixels/sec 19.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
56806
Integer math 216.3 GOps/sec 92.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 129.6 GOps/sec 50.9 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 292M Primes/sec 64M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 89.2M Strings/sec 33.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 44.7 GBytes/sec 19.7 GBytes/sec
Data compression 740.3 MBytes/sec 313.9 MBytes/sec
Physics 2440 Frames/sec 1187 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 55B Matrices/sec 21.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4]

Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX and Ryzen 9 6900HX

General

Vendor AMD AMD
Released January 4, 2023 January 4, 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 4 (Dragon Range) Zen 3+ (Rembrandt)
Integrated GPU Radeon 610M Radeon 680M

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 16 8
P-Threads 32 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.5 GHz 3.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.4 GHz 4.9 GHz
Total
Total Cores 16 8
Total Threads 32 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 25x 33x
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 64MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Transistors 13.1 billions -
Fabrication process 5 nm 6 nm
TDP (PL1) 55-75 W (configurable) 45 W
Socket FL1 FP7
Peak temperature 100°C 95°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Radeon 610M AMD Radeon 680M
GPU Base Clock 1500 MHz 2000 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2200 MHz 2400 MHz
Shading Units 128 768
TMUs 8 48
ROPs 4 32
Execution Units 2 12
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
0.49 TFLOPS
3.686 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory types - DDR5-5200 - DDR5-4800
- LPDDR5-6400
Memory Size 64 GB 64 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 76.8 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official site AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX official page AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 20

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX or Ryzen 9 7945HX?
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