AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS vs AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2

[ VERDICT ] Winner: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 (97/100)

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS (60/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2:
  • + Higher Efficiency score (76 vs 73)
  • + Higher Performance score (95 vs 68)
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
AMD

AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS

60/100
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[ WINNER ]
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
AMD

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2

97/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Efficiency 73.0 Good 76.0 Good WINNER
Performance 68.0 Average 95.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Base Frequency (P) 4.0 GHz 4.3 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 16MB (shared) 192MB (shared)
Multiplier 40x 43x
P-Cores 8 16
P-Threads 16 32
Total Cores 8 16
Total Threads 16 32
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.2 GHz 5.6 GHz
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Background blur 65.5 images/sec 90.2 images/sec
Clang compilation 92.7 Klines/sec 240.9 Klines/sec
File compression 494.2 MB/sec 2030 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 287.4 pages/sec 460.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 280.8 Mpixels/sec 570.9 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 104.2 images/sec 160.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 27.1 Mpixels/sec 56.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 251.5 pages/sec 361 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Codename Zen 4 (Hawk Point) Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Integrated GPU Radeon 780M Radeon Graphics
Intel Equivalent -Intel Core Ultra 9 185H —
Released December 6, 2023 March 26, 2026
Successor -AMD Ryzen 9 270 —
Type Laptop Desktop
Vendor Amd Amd
Model number — 9950X3D2

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
ECC Support No Yes
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Memory Types - DDR5-5600- LPDDR5x-7500 - DDR5-5600
Max. Memory Bandwidth — 89.6 GB/s

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Official Site AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS official page AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 official page
PCI Express Lanes 20 28
PCI Express Version 4.0 5.0
Technologies - Compute: AVX-512, BMI1, BMI2, F16C, SHA, XDNA2- Performance: Precision Boost 2, SMT- Virtualization: AMD-V- Security: EVP, NX-Bit, SMAP, SMEP —

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Fabrication Process 4 nm 4 nm
Peak Temperature 100°C 95°C
Socket FP8 AM5
TDP (PL1) 35-54 W (configurable) 200 W
Transistors 25 billions —
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) — 270 W

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Data compression 349.6 MBytes/sec —
Data encryption 20.9 GBytes/sec —
Extended instructions 26.4B Matrices/sec —
Find prime numbers 90M Primes/sec —
Floating point math 60.7 GOps/sec —
Integer math 99.6 GOps/sec —
Physics 1409 Frames/sec —
Random string sorting 42.5M Strings/sec —

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Blender / Watt 4.05 PPW 3.74 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 17.5 PPW 12.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 219.9 PPW 135.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 541.7 PPW 363.9 PPW

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Date Benchmark —
📘 2025-07-14(END) Cinebench 2024 —
📘 2025-08-12(Ash) Cinebench 2024 —

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Execution Units 12 2
GPU Base Clock 800 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2800 MHz 2200 MHz
Integrated Graphics Radeon 780M Radeon Graphics
ROPs 32 4
Shading Units 768 128
TGP 15 W 15 W
TMUs 48 8

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) — 10459
Cinebench 2026 (Single) — 558

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