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Intel Core i9 14900HX vs AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS

72 out of 100
Intel Core i9 14900HX
VS
60 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
Intel Core i9 14900HX
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.2 GHz Intel Core i9 14900HX with 24-cores against the 4.0 GHz AMD 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 14900HX
Advantages of Intel Core i9 14900HX
  • Has 16 more physical cores
  • Has 20 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 27% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3029 vs 2394 points
  • 12% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.8 GHz vs 5.2 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
  • More powerful Radeon 780M integrated graphics: 4.3 vs 0.8 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 10 nanometers
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i9 14900HX
vs
Ryzen 9 8945HS

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (45th and 172nd 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)
Core i9 14900HX +55%
18430
Ryzen 9 8945HS
11875
File compression 1420 MB/sec 494.2 MB/sec
Clang compilation 173.5 Klines/sec 92.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 463.6 pages/sec 287.4 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 508.4 Mpixels/sec 280.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 287.7 pages/sec 251.5 pages/sec
Background blur 54.6 images/sec 65.5 images/sec
Photo processing 154.7 images/sec 104.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 39.9 Mpixels/sec 27.1 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 545 & 119 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i9 14900HX +49%
43705
Ryzen 9 8945HS
29254
Integer math 157.2 GOps/sec 99.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 112.1 GOps/sec 60.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 193M Primes/sec 90M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 60.8M Strings/sec 42.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 32.6 GBytes/sec 20.9 GBytes/sec
Data compression 539.1 MBytes/sec 349.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 2631 Frames/sec 1409 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 31.2B Matrices/sec 26.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 6694 & 1472 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i9 14900HX +62%
354.31
Ryzen 9 8945HS
218.76

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 32.4 PPW 17.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 335.1 PPW 219.9 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 794.6 PPW 541.7 PPW
Blender / Watt 6.44 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
Intel Core i9 14900HX
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-09-22 (GEORGE FORMBY)Cinebench 2024124 / 1417
πŸ“˜ 2025-08-15 (jmtisi)Cinebench 2024111 / 629
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-26 (Ivan)Cinebench 2024125 / 1571
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-14 (JoeG)Cinebench 2024121 / 1334
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-05 (Justin0220)Cinebench 2024125 / 1064
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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 Intel Core i9 14900HX and AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 9, 2024 December 6, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Refresh Zen 4 (Hawk Point)
Model number i9-14900HX -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (32EU) Radeon 780M
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS - Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX - AMD Ryzen 9 270
Intel CPU rating (#36th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#65th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 16 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.2 GHz 4.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.8 GHz 5.2 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 16 -
E-Threads 16 -
Base Frequency (E) 1.6 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.1 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 24 8
Total Threads 32 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 22x 40x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 36MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Package

Transistors - 25 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 45-55 W (configurable) 35-54 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 157 W -
Socket BGA-1964 FP8
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (43rd and 104th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (32EU) Radeon 780M
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 800 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1650 MHz 2800 MHz
Shading Units 256 768
TMUs 16 48
ROPs 8 32
Execution Units 32 12
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i9 14900HX
0.8 TFLOPS
Ryzen 9 8945HS +438%
4.3 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 780M compared to UHD Graphics Xe (32 EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200		 - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5x-7500
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s -
ECC Support Yes No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i9 14900HX official page AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

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Comments

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