Ryzen 9 7945HX vs Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H

Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H
2022
8 cores / 16 threads, 45 Watt
15.19
Ryzen 9 7945HX
2023
16 cores / 32 threads, 55 Watt
35.72
+135%

Ryzen 9 7945HX outperforms Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H by a whopping 135% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H and Ryzen 9 7945HX processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking481109
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Power efficiency30.7859.22
Architecture codenameRembrandt-H (Zen 3+) (2022)Dragon Range-HX (Zen 4) (2023−2024)
Release date19 April 2022 (2 years ago)4 January 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H and Ryzen 9 7945HX 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads1632
Base clock speed3.2 GHz2.5 GHz
Boost clock speed4.7 GHz5.4 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache16 MB (shared)64 MB (shared)
Chip lithography6 nmCCD = 5 nm, I/O = 6 nm
Die size208 mm22x 71 mm2
Maximum core temperature95 °C100 °C
Number of transistorsno data13,140 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H and Ryzen 9 7945HX 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 configuration11
SocketFP7FL1
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt55 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H and Ryzen 9 7945HX. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsPRO, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, AVX-512, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI++
FMA++
AVX++
Precision Boost 2++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H and Ryzen 9 7945HX are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H and Ryzen 9 7945HX. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5DDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon 680MAMD Radeon 610M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H and Ryzen 9 7945HX.

PCIe version4.05.0
PCI Express lanes2028

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.

Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H 15.19
Ryzen 9 7945HX 35.72
+135%

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.

Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H 23240
Ryzen 9 7945HX 54661
+135%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H 1778
Ryzen 9 7945HX 2735
+53.8%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H 8311
Ryzen 9 7945HX 15894
+91.2%

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H 5791
Ryzen 9 7945HX 8462
+46.1%

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H 34412
Ryzen 9 7945HX 71611
+108%

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H 11620
Ryzen 9 7945HX 19820
+70.6%

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H 3.72
Ryzen 9 7945HX 1.99
+86.9%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H 21
Ryzen 9 7945HX 62
+189%

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H 2086
Ryzen 9 7945HX 5521
+165%

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H 205
Ryzen 9 7945HX 308
+50.2%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H 2.6
Ryzen 9 7945HX 3.65
+40.4%

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H 9.1
Ryzen 9 7945HX 27.7
+204%

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H 104
Ryzen 9 7945HX 236
+126%

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H 222
Ryzen 9 7945HX 369
+65.7%

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H 5263
Ryzen 9 7945HX 14532
+176%

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H 8472
Ryzen 9 7945HX 19802
+134%

Blender(-)

Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H 242
+157%
Ryzen 9 7945HX 94

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H 1478
Ryzen 9 7945HX 2124
+43.8%

7-Zip Single

Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H 5417
Ryzen 9 7945HX 7381
+36.3%

7-Zip

Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H 54445
Ryzen 9 7945HX 140471
+158%

WebXPRT 3

Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H 232
Ryzen 9 7945HX 351
+51.3%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 15.19 35.72
Integrated graphics card 15.98 2.85
Recency 19 April 2022 4 January 2023
Physical cores 8 16
Threads 16 32
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 55 Watt

Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H has 460.7% faster integrated GPU, and 22.2% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 9 7945HX, on the other hand, has a 135.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 months, and 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

The Ryzen 9 7945HX is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H in performance tests.


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