Ryzen 9 7945HX3D vs Pentium Silver

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium Silver
2020
1.91
Ryzen 9 7945HX3D
2023
16 cores / 32 threads, 55 Watt
36.44
+1808%

Ryzen 9 7945HX3D outperforms Pentium Silver by a whopping 1808% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Silver and Ryzen 9 7945HX3D processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking195897
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD Dragon Range (Zen 4, Ryzen 7045)
Power efficiencyno data62.70
Architecture codenameno dataDragon Range-HX (Zen 4) (2023−2024)
Release date1 July 2020 (4 years ago)27 July 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Silver and Ryzen 9 7945HX3D basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical coresno data16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threadsno data32
Base clock speedno data2.3 GHz
Boost clock speedno data5.4 GHz
L1 cacheno data64 KB (per core)
L2 cacheno data1 MB (per core)
L3 cacheno data128 MB (shared)
Chip lithographyno data5 nm
Die sizeno data2x 71 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data89 °C
Number of transistorsno data17,840 million
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-no data
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver and Ryzen 9 7945HX3D compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configurationno data1
Socketno dataFL1
Power consumption (TDP)no data55 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver and Ryzen 9 7945HX3D. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Silver and Ryzen 9 7945HX3D are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Silver and Ryzen 9 7945HX3D. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5-5200

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon 610M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Silver and Ryzen 9 7945HX3D.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data28

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Pentium Silver 1.91
Ryzen 9 7945HX3D 36.44
+1808%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Pentium Silver 3034
Ryzen 9 7945HX3D 57888
+1808%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.91 36.44
Recency 1 July 2020 27 July 2023

Ryzen 9 7945HX3D has a 1807.9% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 3 years.

The Ryzen 9 7945HX3D is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Silver in performance tests.


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