AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS vs Ryzen 7 8745HS

60 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
VS
61 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 8745HS

We compared two 8-core laptop CPUs: the 4.0 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS against the 3.8 GHz Ryzen 7 8745HS. 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
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 8745HS and 8945HS
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
  • 6% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.2 GHz vs 4.9 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 8745HS
  • Newer - released 8 months later

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 536
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 3317
Cinebench Scores (172nd and 194th place)

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)
11875
File compression 494.2 MB/sec 1010 MB/sec
Clang compilation 92.7 Klines/sec 78.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 287.4 pages/sec 240.8 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 280.8 Mpixels/sec 329.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 251.5 pages/sec 241.6 pages/sec
Background blur 65.5 images/sec 51.4 images/sec
Photo processing 104.2 images/sec 100.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 27.1 Mpixels/sec 18.6 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 119 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
29254
Integer math 99.6 GOps/sec 97.3 GOps/sec
Floating point math 60.7 GOps/sec 59.1 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 90M Primes/sec 88M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 42.5M Strings/sec 42.1M Strings/sec
Data encryption 20.9 GBytes/sec 20.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 349.6 MBytes/sec 343.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 1409 Frames/sec 1381 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 26.4B Matrices/sec 25.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 1472 & 1281 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
258.68

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 17.5 PPW 15.8 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 219.9 PPW 204.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 541.7 PPW 529.2 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.05 PPW 4.79 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 8945HS
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-08-12 (Ash)Cinebench 2024100 / 870
πŸ“˜ 2025-07-14 (END)Cinebench 2024105 / 943
AMD Ryzen 7 8745HS
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-01 -> RennsportGeekbench 6 CPU2647 / 11684
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-01 -> RennsportGeekbench 7 CPU2377 / 12845
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-01 -> RennsportGeekbench 7 CPU2266 / 12457
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-17 -> RennsportGeekbench 6 CPU2647 / 11684
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-17 -> RennsportCinebench 2026536 / 3317

Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS and Ryzen 7 8745HS

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released December 6, 2023 July 25, 2024
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 4 (Hawk Point) Zen 4 (Hawk Point)
Integrated GPU Radeon 780M Radeon 780M
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core Ultra 9 185H -
Successor - AMD Ryzen 9 270 -
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (65th and 56th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 16 16
Base Frequency (P) 4.0 GHz 3.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.2 GHz 4.9 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 8
Total Threads 16 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 40x 38x
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 16MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors 25 billions 25 billions
Fabrication Process 4 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-54 W (configurable) 35-54 W (configurable)
Socket FP8 FP8
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (104th and 88th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Radeon 780M Radeon 780M
GPU Base Clock 800 MHz 800 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2800 MHz 2600 MHz
Shading Units 768 768
TMUs 48 48
ROPs 32 32
Execution Units 12 12
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
4.3 TFLOPS
4 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5x-7500
- DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5x-7500
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS official page -
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

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Total votes: 48

Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 7 8745HS or Ryzen 9 8945HS?
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Results45 April 27, 2025 at 08:22 AM
8945HS is only 7-8% faster but costs a lot more
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User007 February 9, 2026 at 07:25 AM
Differences are a lot smaller than 8% but so is the price. So it doesn't really matter that much which one you choose.
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