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AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 vs Ryzen 9 8945HS

82 out of 100
AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395
VS
60 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.0 GHz AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 with 16-cores against the 4.0 GHz Ryzen 9 8945HS with 8-cores. 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 8945HS and 395
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395
  • Has 48 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • More powerful Radeon 8060S integrated graphics: 14.8 vs 4.3 TFLOPS
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • Supports quad-channel memory
  • Newer - released 1 year and 1 month later
  • 26% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3017 vs 2394 points
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.2 GHz vs 5.1 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen AI Max+ 395
vs
Ryzen 9 8945HS

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 619 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 7559 -
Cinebench Scores (37th and 170th 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)
File compression 2050 MB/sec 494.2 MB/sec
Clang compilation 202 Klines/sec 92.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 527.3 pages/sec 287.4 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 586.3 Mpixels/sec 280.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 339.2 pages/sec 251.5 pages/sec
Background blur 72.8 images/sec 65.5 images/sec
Photo processing 200 images/sec 104.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 45.8 Mpixels/sec 27.1 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)
Integer math 200.8 GOps/sec 99.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 128.8 GOps/sec 60.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 303M Primes/sec 90M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 76.2M Strings/sec 42.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 35.5 GBytes/sec 20.9 GBytes/sec
Data compression 691 MBytes/sec 349.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 3481 Frames/sec 1409 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 56.4B Matrices/sec 26.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 1115 & 1472 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen AI Max+ 395 +93%
421.19
Ryzen 9 8945HS
218.76

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 15.5 PPW 17.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 186.4 PPW 219.9 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 458 PPW 541.7 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.51 PPW 4.05 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 AI Max+ 395
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-20 -> RhyndGeekBench2885 / 20105
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-23 -> RhyndCinebench 2026619 / 7559
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-20 (Rhynd)Cinebench 2026608 / 7101
πŸ“˜ 2025-09-11 (dsc)Cinebench 2024115 / 1855
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-30 (Declan)GeekBench2744 / 17850
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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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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 and Ryzen 9 8945HS

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released January 7, 2025 December 6, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 5 (Strix Halo) Zen 4 (Hawk Point)
Integrated GPU Radeon 8060S Radeon 780M
Rival Equivalent - Apple M4 Pro (14-Core) - Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
Successor - - AMD Ryzen 9 270
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (8th and 65th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 16 8
P-Threads 32 16
Base Frequency (P) 3.0 GHz 4.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.1 GHz 5.2 GHz
Total
Total Cores 16 8
Total Threads 32 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 30x 40x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 64MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 25 billions
Fabrication Process 4 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 45-120 W (configurable) 35-54 W (configurable)
Socket FP11 FP8
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (15th and 103rd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Radeon 8060S Radeon 780M
GPU Base Clock 1295 MHz 800 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2900 MHz 2800 MHz
Shading Units 2560 768
TMUs 160 48
ROPs 64 32
Execution Units 40 12
TGP 55 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Ryzen AI Max+ 395 +244%
14.8 TFLOPS
Ryzen 9 8945HS
4.3 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 780M compared to Radeon 8060S

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-8000 - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5x-7500
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 4 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 256 GB/s -
ECC Support Yes No

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 official page AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 20

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