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AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX vs Ryzen 9 7945HX

70 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
VS
74 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX

We compared two 16-core laptop CPUs: the 2.4 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX against the 2.5 GHz Ryzen 9 7945HX. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

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
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7945HX and 8940HX
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
  • Newer - released 2 years and 4 months later
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.4 GHz vs 5.3 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 9 8940HX
vs
Ryzen 9 7945HX

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (56th and 41st place)
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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)
Ryzen 9 8940HX
15317
Ryzen 9 7945HX +16%
17828
File compression 1250 MB/sec 1590 MB/sec
Clang compilation 178.9 Klines/sec 190.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 262.1 pages/sec 320.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 430 Mpixels/sec 474.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 255 pages/sec 296.8 pages/sec
Background blur 55.9 images/sec 66.1 images/sec
Photo processing 94.7 images/sec 114.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 39.9 Mpixels/sec 43 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 677 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 9 8940HX
49560
Ryzen 9 7945HX +9%
53917
Integer math 188.6 GOps/sec 205.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 113.5 GOps/sec 122.1 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 250M Primes/sec 280M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 75.1M Strings/sec 81.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 39.2 GBytes/sec 42.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 648.8 MBytes/sec 699.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 2091 Frames/sec 2450 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 47.6B Matrices/sec 51.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 904 & 2890 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen 9 8940HX
435.77
Ryzen 9 7945HX +8%
472.26

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 21.6 PPW 24.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 204.2 PPW 237.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 660.8 PPW 718.9 PPW
Blender / Watt 5.81 PPW 6.3 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-20 (Marky)Cinebench 2024111 / 1769
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-17 (viraj anshuman)Geekbench 6 CPU2864 / 14336
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-29 (CHRIStoK)Cinebench 2024110 / 1803
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-16 (SpeKtra_TM)Geekbench 6 CPU2805 / 15483
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-16 (SpeKtra_TM)Cinebench 2024111 / 1678
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AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-02 (Qwerrty574)Geekbench 6 CPU2949 / 17981
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-02 (Qwerrty574)Cinebench 2024116 / 1901
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-02 (ceratogyrus35)Cinebench 2024114 / 1834
πŸ“˜ 2025-02-18 (Baka)Cinebench 2024112 / 1552
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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX and Ryzen 9 7945HX

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released April 1, 2025 January 4, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 4 (Dragon Range) Zen 4 (Dragon Range)
Integrated GPU Radeon 610M Radeon 610M
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i9 13950HX
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (35th and 24th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 16 16
P-Threads 32 32
Base Frequency (P) 2.4 GHz 2.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.3 GHz 5.4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 16 16
Total Threads 32 32
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 24x 25x
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 64MB (shared) 64MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Transistors - 13.1 billions
Fabrication Process 5 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 55-75 W (configurable) 55-75 W (configurable)
Socket FL1 FL1
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (51st and 36th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Radeon 610M Radeon 610M
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2200 MHz 2200 MHz
Shading Units 128 128
TMUs 8 8
ROPs 4 4
Execution Units 2 2
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Ryzen 9 8940HX
0.6 TFLOPS
Ryzen 9 7945HX
0.6 TFLOPS
See: Radeon 610M benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5200 - DDR5-5200
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX official page AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 28

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Total votes: 65

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Comments

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