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Intel Core 9 270H vs AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX

60 out of 100
Intel Core 9 270H
VS
70 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX
Intel Core 9 270H
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.7 GHz Intel Core 9 270H with 14-cores against the 2.5 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX with 16-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 8945HX and 270H
Advantages of Intel Core 9 270H
  • More powerful Intel Iris Xe Graphics (69EU) integrated graphics: 2.4 vs 0.6 TFLOPS
  • Supports up to 96 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • 7% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.8 GHz vs 5.4 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX
  • Has 40 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 5 versus 10 nanometers
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Has 2 more physical cores

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core 9 270H
vs
Ryzen 9 8945HX

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Core 9 270H
910
Ryzen 9 8945HX +79%
1633
Cinebench Scores (183rd and 55th 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)
Core 9 270H
2662
Ryzen 9 8945HX +2%
2710
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core 9 270H
13262
Ryzen 9 8945HX +15%
15221
File compression 1200 MB/sec 1270 MB/sec
Clang compilation 95.8 Klines/sec 170.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 354.4 pages/sec 259.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 393 Mpixels/sec 413.5 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 240.5 pages/sec 253.2 pages/sec
Background blur 51.6 images/sec 56.4 images/sec
Photo processing 121.8 images/sec 98.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 20.7 Mpixels/sec 36.8 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core 9 270H
28247
Ryzen 9 8945HX +82%
51354
Integer math 96 GOps/sec 195 GOps/sec
Floating point math 69.4 GOps/sec 117.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 110M Primes/sec 263M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 36.1M Strings/sec 78.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 18.9 GBytes/sec 40.8 GBytes/sec
Data compression 327.6 MBytes/sec 676.9 MBytes/sec
Physics 1939 Frames/sec 2161 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 19.7B Matrices/sec 49.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 54 & 442 samples

Blender

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

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 20.2 PPW 29.7 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 294.7 PPW 276.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 627.7 PPW 933.7 PPW
Blender / Watt - 8.53 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
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AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX
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๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-12-10 (CADARTZ)Cinebench 2024114 / 1633
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-10-03 (Imtiaz)Geekbench 6 CPU2706 / 11044
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core 9 270H and AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released December 18, 2024 April 9, 2025
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Zen 4 (Dragon Range)
Model number 270H 8945HX
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (69EU) Radeon 610M
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i9 14900HX
Intel CPU rating (#80th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#34th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 16
P-Threads 12 32
Base Frequency (P) 2.7 GHz 2.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.8 GHz 5.4 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 -
E-Threads 8 -
Base Frequency (E) 2.0 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.1 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 14 16
Total Threads 20 32
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 27x 24x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 64MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-45 W (configurable) 55 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W 75 W
Socket BGA-1744 FL1
Peak Temperature 100ยฐC 100ยฐC
Laptop processors ranking (98th and 50th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (69EU) Radeon 610M
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1550 MHz 2200 MHz
Shading Units 768 128
TMUs 48 8
ROPs 24 4
Execution Units 96 2
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core 9 270H +300%
2.4 TFLOPS
Ryzen 9 8945HX
0.6 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 610M compared to Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-6400
- LPDDR5x-6400
- LPDDR4x-4267		 - DDR5-5200
Max. Memory Size 96 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core 9 270H official page AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 28

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Comments

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