AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS vs Ryzen 9 270

60 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
VS
62 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 270

We compared two 8-core laptop CPUs: the 4.0 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS against the 4.0 GHz Ryzen 9 270. 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
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 270 and 8945HS
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 270
  • Newer - released 1 year and 1 month 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 Scores (172nd and 161st place)

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2524
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
12516
File compression 494.2 MB/sec 1016.2 MB/sec
Clang compilation 92.7 Klines/sec 102.8 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 287.4 pages/sec 247.8 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 280.8 Mpixels/sec 374.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 251.5 pages/sec 269.5 pages/sec
Background blur 65.5 images/sec 60.6 images/sec
Photo processing 104.2 images/sec 110.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 27.1 Mpixels/sec 22.9 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 119 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
3811
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
29254
28923
Integer math 99.6 GOps/sec 97.8 GOps/sec
Floating point math 60.7 GOps/sec 59.9 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 90M Primes/sec 88M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 42.5M Strings/sec 42.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 20.9 GBytes/sec 20.7 GBytes/sec
Data compression 349.6 MBytes/sec 349.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 1409 Frames/sec 1359 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 26.4B Matrices/sec 26.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 1472 & 189 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
218.76
206.12

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 17.5 PPW 18 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 219.9 PPW 231.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 541.7 PPW 535.6 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.05 PPW 3.82 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
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-08-12 (Ash)Cinebench 2024100 / 870
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-07-14 (END)Cinebench 2024105 / 943
AMD Ryzen 9 270
No benchmark results yet

Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS and Ryzen 9 270

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released December 6, 2023 January 7, 2025
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 52nd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 16 16
Base Frequency (P) 4.0 GHz 4.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.2 GHz 5.2 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 8
Total Threads 16 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 40x 40x
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 -
Fabrication Process 4 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-54 W (configurable) 35-54 W (configurable)
Socket FP8 FP8
Peak Temperature 100ยฐC 100ยฐC
Laptop processors ranking (104th and 82nd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Radeon 780M Radeon 780M
GPU Base Clock 800 MHz 800 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2800 MHz 2800 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
4.3 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5x-7500
- LPDDR5X-7500
- DDR5-5600
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS official page AMD Ryzen 9 270 official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

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Comments

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