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AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS vs Ryzen 9 7940HS

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AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
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60 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS

We compared two 8-core laptop CPUs: the 4.0 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS against the 4.0 GHz Ryzen 9 7940HS. 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 (4)

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 7940HS and 8945HS
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
  • Newer - released 11 months later

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 9 8945HS
vs
Ryzen 9 7940HS

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (172nd and 174th 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 8945HS +2%
11875
Ryzen 9 7940HS
11631
File compression 494.2 MB/sec 962.5 MB/sec
Clang compilation 92.7 Klines/sec 101.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 287.4 pages/sec 211.8 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 280.8 Mpixels/sec 326.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 251.5 pages/sec 260.3 pages/sec
Background blur 65.5 images/sec 53.8 images/sec
Photo processing 104.2 images/sec 87.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 27.1 Mpixels/sec 22.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 119 & 569 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 9 8945HS
29254
Ryzen 9 7940HS +2%
29783
Integer math 99.6 GOps/sec 102.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 60.7 GOps/sec 62.3 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 90M Primes/sec 90M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 42.5M Strings/sec 42.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 20.9 GBytes/sec 21.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 349.6 MBytes/sec 360.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 1409 Frames/sec 1427 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 26.4B Matrices/sec 27.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 1472 & 2780 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen 9 8945HS
218.76
Ryzen 9 7940HS +3%
225.69

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 17.5 PPW 17.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 219.9 PPW 215.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 541.7 PPW 551.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.05 PPW 4.18 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
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AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-09 (chrisg)Cinebench 2024105 / 873
πŸ“˜ 2025-08-19 (Phillywilly2000)Cinebench 2024102 / 906
πŸ“˜ 2025-07-14 (GlancingOcean)Cinebench 202470 / 677
πŸ“˜ 2025-05-13 (antoooooo)Cinebench 2024109 / 1009
πŸ“˜ 2025-03-08 (沧桷)Geekbench 6 CPU2614 / 12911
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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS and Ryzen 9 7940HS

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released December 6, 2023 January 4, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 4 (Hawk Point) Zen 4 (Phoenix)
Integrated GPU Radeon 780M Radeon 780M
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core Ultra 9 185H - Intel Core i9 13900H
Successor - AMD Ryzen 9 270 - AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (65th and 66th 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 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 106th 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
Ryzen 9 8945HS
4.3 TFLOPS
Ryzen 9 7940HS
4.3 TFLOPS
See: Radeon 780M benchmarks

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 AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20
Further details
Notes on Ryzen 9 7940HS:
    - DDR5 memory is supported only on the FP7r2 socket, while FP7 and FP8 sockets support LPDDR5/x.
    - ECC support is available exclusively on the FP7r2 socket.

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS or Ryzen 9 8945HS?
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miguel_ovo6ix May 2, 2024 at 08:28 AM
Amd starting to get to comfortable you think they would be more careful to not make the mistake intel did 6-7 years ago
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Enis April 13, 2024 at 10:47 PM
AMD could at least make an improvement and include more L3 memory. You buy the latest Ryzen 9 CPU and it still only has 16MB L3 memory. Good job, AMD, keep it up.
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Ksar June 2, 2024 at 04:45 AM
Looks like the only big difference is the NPU for dedicated AI processing. The 7000 does not have that. And this site didn't apply that in the benchmarks as everything else looks the same. Probably no other differences till the hit 9000 or higher.
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ComputerNerd April 10, 2024 at 11:52 PM
The battery life got better for the Ryzen 8000s series CPUs and some AI improvements, but not impressive enough to overlook the Ryzen 7000s series. Also, the iGPU is the same as the 7000s series. At least it is a good time to find Ryzen 7000s series CPUs at a discount. Including laptops with the Ryzen 7000s CPUs. Example: HP EliteBook 845 G10 or Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 4.
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